Jubilee Trolard:  

Life My Story (Updated): I got new facts from one of my sisters who visited us in California recently and have to modify my story with some additional details..... I was born in New York city and when I was 3 years old my mother remarried and we moved temporarily to Cuba. When I was 4 years old we moved to Puerto Rico. I lived there until I was in 8th grade. My stepfather was from Havana Cuba and I never knew my real father who was also Cuban. My stepfather's family had a family owned rum business and a tobacco distributorship in P.R.and we lived a very upscale lifestyle by the ocean. They were six children in the Tristani family and I was the oldest. My sisters were: Teresa, Patricia, Minnie, (Herminia) Gina and Felix. We moved to Miami, Fla.in or around mid - 1964 and I attended St. Michaels where we lived in Coral Gables for 1 year. I went to Riviera Jr. High for my 9th year. I believe all my sisters and my brother all went to Riviera Jr. High and then to South West. I went to South West H.S. in 1965 and graduated in 1967. I have very fond memories of my time at S.W.H.S. except for one incident. When I was in 12th grade around December 15th,I was walking to school with a friend (Thompson I think was her last name) and I was involved in a car accident in front of the school. I suffered temporary amnesia but was told that a classmate hit me with her car while driving too fast in the school zone and she drug me a few blocks before stopping. When she finally got over the shock she broke and it threw me unto the road and I suffered a concussion. I was taken to Miami Baptist hospital in a comma, had a whiplash,suffered partial hearing loss and the comma lasted a few months. Everyone came out of the school to see what was happening on the road that day, December 15, 1966 and I became the most well known student at SWHS that year. I think I had a near death experience and believe I came back for a reason. Many friends and family came to visit me at Miami Baptist Hospital but I don't remember much only what other people have told me. I graduated in 1967 but barely passed due the loss of memory and the loss of time away from school recuperating but they graduated me anyway and gave me an "A" for effort. I married a young man from Georgia when I was 20 yrs. old and moved there to live with his family while he was serving in Vietnam. When he got back we lived ...Expand for more