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
March
3rd
M.
E. Bradford, one of the South’s best defenders in the latter half of the 20th
hundredyear:
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/review/remembering-mel-bradford/
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/author/m-e-bradford
March
7th
Jean-Baptiste
de Bienville
‘Canadian
naval officer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, served as three-time
governor of the French colony of Louisiana intermittently from 1702 to 1743.
Bienville and his older brother, Pierre
Le Moyne d’Iberville,
traveled on an expedition that arrived in Louisiana in 1699. Together they
explored the lower Mississippi River valley and established a permanent French
settlement in Louisiana, Fort Maurepas. Bienville proved particularly talented,
though not always successful, as a negotiator with local Native Americans. In
1718, he chose the site where New Orleans, named for the French Duc d’Orléans,
was built.’
https://64parishes.org/entry/jean-baptiste-le-moyne-sieur-de-bienville-2
March
13th
Elizabeth
Madox Roberts, a gem of a writer from Kentucky:
http://emrsociety.com/Biography
March
19th
Rene-Robert
Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
‘French
explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, is perhaps best known for
giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana. In 1682, while
searching for a water route to the Gulf of Mexico, La Salle—accompanied by a
small group of European and Native American explorers—arrived at the point
where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. There, he planted
a post and claimed the river and its basin for France, naming the
territory La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV. In so doing, La
Salle helped set the stage for the next eighty years of French rule in the new
colony.’
https://64parishes.org/entry/rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-la-salle
March
20th
Lewis
Grizzard, one of the many good comedians Southern culture has produced:
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/its-a-trick-general-theres-two-of-them/
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/topics/lewis-grizzard/
March
25th
Philip
Ludwell III. ‘He was born in 1716 in
Virginia. After completing his education at the College of William & Mary
and marrying, he sailed to London in 1738 in order to be received into the
Orthodox Church. One of the largest landowners in the colonies, he remained
true to the ancient Christian faith till the end of his days and earned the
esteem of his peers, including many of the Founding Fathers of the future
United States of America.’
Interestingly, he reposed on the Feast Day of the Holy Annunciation.
https://southernorthodox.org/philip-ludwell-iii/
March
27th
General
Richard Gano, a good example of the kind of Christian soldier who fought for
Dixie in the War with the Yanks:
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/gods-general/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9813/richard-montgomery-gano/photo
March
28th
Margaret
Junkin Preston, sister-in-law to Stonewall Jackson and a great poetess and
novelist:
https://civilwar.vt.edu/margaret-junkin-preston-poetess-of-the-south/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Junkin_Preston#Bibliography
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7737366/margaret-preston/photo
March
28th
Earl
Scruggs. ‘Earl Scruggs, once compared to
violinist Niccolo Paganini, not only pioneered the three-finger banjo but
played it to standards of taste and technique unmatched by thousands of
disciples over seven decades. He was an important figure in the birth of the bluegrass
genre, and also brought his artistry to the fields of country, folk, and rock,
to college campuses, and to television and the movies.’
https://www.bluegrasshall.org/inductees/earl-scruggs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOIqmlI65Y
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87507819/earl-eugene-scruggs
Also,
to celebrate some of the saints of March from the South’s Christian inheritance
of various lands, follow these links on over if you’d like:
https://southernorthodox.org/orthodox-saints-for-dixie-march/
https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2020/03/happy-feast-for-saints-of-march.html
--
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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