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A Graced Grit Eulogy to Charles Portis’ “True Grit”

23 Sunday Feb 2020

Graced Grit: A Hymn-laced Eulogy to True Grit Author Charles Portis
By Barbara A. Castle

Vilonia, AR. Charles McColl Portis’ funeral was February 25th at the Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas just thirty some-odd miles from my home. It was an intimate and understated affair, just as Portis might prefer. A close friend reminded us of Portis’ genuine humility; the simple American-flagged draped coffin appeared small compared to the man in repose. His friend’s thoughtful, tender words came after “A Mighty Fortress is our God,” the reading of Psalm 23, II Timothy 1:8-14, a homily, an Affirmation of Faith in Christ and “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.”

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Posted by Barbara | Filed under Art, Books, Charles Portis, Country of the Pointed Firs, Fiction, Film, How to be Unlucky, Literary Apologetics, Literature, True Grit

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