Last words, last songs, Methodist preacher in cowboy boots, tall, with guitar in hand and voice to encourage, gospel songs about trusting Jesus all along life’s way and scriptures fit to the need; special guests Willie Nelson and Andy Griffith singing (best recordings, of course) trusting-closeness-to-Jesus and hope beyond hope of a better day beyond; November’s best weather, bright sun, chilling shade, breezes mixing warm and cold, a crystalline day revealing the last of the blooms and leaves before the turn to winter; lifelong friends, respectful acquaintances, wistful-hurting family, and new widow saying goodbye, finally, and in a way so sure to please the husband who has passed from life to life: so it was in the antique funeral chapel and the Odd Fellows cemetery in Carthage, Texas, this Sunday afternoon past, when Dr. Linda Hudson, her family and many friends celebrated the life of Mr. Willie Charles Hudson. There we saw love enough, grace enough, gratitude enough, and, thank God, comfort enough and the promise of more to come, always.