‘She was the heart of the neighborhood.’ New Holland woman’s grave marked 42 years after her death - Gainesville Times

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‘She was the heart of the neighborhood.’ New Holland woman’s grave marked 42 years after her death

Vic Wilson leads a small service Monday, March 13, 2023, at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville in remembrance of Icie Pilgrim. The group of New Holland men have banded together to secure a grave marker for the unofficial village matriarch of their childhood. - photo by Scott Rogers

03152023 PILGRIM 4.jpg — Vic Wilson leads a small service Monday, March 13, 2023, at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville in remembrance of Icie Pilgrim. The group of New Holland men have banded together to secure a grave marker for the unofficial village matriarch of their childhood. - photo by Scott Rogers

If angels roam the earth, the late Icie Pilgrim may have been chief among them.