Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family on the day they reposed. Many thanks.
But one may ask: ‘What good does it do to pray for the departed?’ An answer is offered here: https://orthochristian.com/130608.html
Along with prayers and hymns for the departed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6je5axPodI
4 September
Judge Spencer Roane, one of the best judges of his day, and an unsung hero for local authority.
http://roanefamilytree.com/Judge_Spencer_Roane.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18472831
9 September
Stand Watie, a Cherokee leader who became a general in the Confederate Army. He was one of the last to surrender to the Yankees in the War.
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WA040
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4506/stand-watie
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/they-came-from-the-east/
16 September
James Oliver Rigney, Jr (aka Robert Jordan), the writer of a renowned series of fantasy books, The Wheel of Time, amongst other works.
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/let-the-south-ride-again-on-the-winds-of-time/
24 Sept.
William ‘Singing Billy’ Walker, he helped popularize shape note/Sacred Harp singing in the South.
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/not-just-whistling-dixie/
http://originalsacredharp.com/2013/12/31/william-walker-carolina-contributor-to-american-music/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32607297/william-walker/photo
28 Sept.
Sen. Thomas Bayard, Sr, a staunch defender of the South against Radical Reconstructionists.
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/thomas-f-bayard-sr/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6653371/thomas-francis-bayard
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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