Confiteri: Remembrances for January

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Remembrances for January

Hello everyone. 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

Jan. 1^st

Francois Valcour Aimé, one of Louisiana’s noblest sons.

https://64parishes.org/entry/valcour-aime

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6679407/francois-gabriel-aime/photo

Jan. 3^rd

Rev Robert Lewis Dabney, an influential leader in the South both behind and outside of the pulpit.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/review/dabney-on-fire/

Jan. 4^th

Gen Francis T. Nichols, a Confederate general in the War between the States who lost an arm and a foot defending his homeland. After the unpleasantness came to an end, he became a reforming governor in his home State of Louisiana, waging another mighty battle - this time against the corrupt Louisiana Lottery. He later sat on the bench of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

https://64parishes.org/entry/francis-t-nicholls

http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Nicholls,%20Francis%20T/Nicholls,%20Francis%20T.shtml

Jan. 8^th

Prof Thomas Landess, a recent defender of Southern ways.

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/author/thomas-landess

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/author/thomas-h-landess/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/13/tom-landess-rip/

Jan. 28^th

Zora Neale Hurston, Alabama-born and Florida-raised, she played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance and was a prolific writer.

https://www.zoranealehurston.com/about/

Also, to celebrate some of the saints of January from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands, follow this link on over if you’d like:

https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2020/01/happy-feast-for-saints-of-january.html