Funeral Homes in Arabi, LA

Facts about the city

Arabi is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The population was 8,093 at the 2000 census.

Arabi Obituaries

It was disclosed on July 22nd, 2008 that Philip L Sanchez passed on in Arabi, Louisiana.  Sanchez was 54 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Philip L's life.

History

Bernard parish. Arabi is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Arabi was part of Orleans Parish, however, a law passed in the 1880s stated that slaughterhouses could not be located within the City of New Orleans. A 1951 map calls the area Jacksonburgh, a name believe to be derived from Andrew Jackson.Referenced by Katlenbaugh: Arabi began as the community known as Stockyard Landing, because of the many stockyards and slaughterhouses located there. But the 'Picayune' has a habit of occasionally discovering things that are not so." NOTE: Subscription to UMI's New York Times Historical Archive needed to access. It is speculated by the publication, the town is named after Arabi Pasha (a mis-transliteration of his actual name Ahmed 'Urabi) who torched Alexandria, Egypt in 1882 NOTE: Subscription to UMI's New York Times Historical Archive needed to access. while fighting for independence from the United Kingdom The community felt that the revolt he was leading was a kindred spirit to their own revolt from New Orleans. Business interests of the stockyards wanted to be free from control of New Orleans and persuaded the state of Louisiana to transfer dominion of the area to downriver St.