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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Remembrances for September

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(composer)#/media/File:Grave_of_William_Walker_(composer).jpg

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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