Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor

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21. From an article that I read about my GGF, I don't believe that he was religious.

My GGF grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and had the reputation, when single, of being a party animal. The piece mentioned that his (ggf) wife was a member of X Methodist church, but no mention of him. I don't know about my GF, but I get the feeling he wasn't religious either and I know that my father wasn't. My GF's grave marker was engraved with the old Confederate meme, "Gone but not Forgotten) I was an adult before I understood that symbolism. The men in my family have two things in common, lack of strong religious beliefs and alcoholism. They were also, as far back as I can determine, Masons. I broke with that tradition; I never had the inclination to be a member of a secret society.

So my history is that of long-lived, Scottish, spoiled, plantation owning, drunken atheist Masons. I never put that all together until now! Try not to hold that against me.