Dignity and Grace

Marshall Ramsey

If you haven’t already seen this on the interweb you’ve probably been sleeping. 

Marshall Ramsey - the editorial cartoonist for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger — created this memorial illustration.  Today we honor the life of a man who will be sorely-missed. 

George Herbert Walker Bush had been shot down in the Pacific as a Navy pilot in World War II, left Connecticut after the war to become a successful oil man in Texas.  He served as a Congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President and President.  He led our nation out of the cold war.  He was a loving father and loving husband to Barbara Bush for 73 years – the longest marriage in Presidential history.   

To paraphrase scripture - to whom much is given, much is required - he believed in government service for the good of the country and not merely for power.  His life stands in sharp contrast to presidencies of indecency and self-importance.  George H.W. Bush was above-all a gentleman who lived a life of dignity and grace. 

God speed...