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<p>There was nothing official about the funeral procession of boats rolling down the Mississippi River.</p>
<p>You would be hard-pressed to even call this a funeral, at least in a traditional sense. It would best be described as boats getting ready for a day of redfishing, all gathering at the mouth of Southwest Pass, where the Louisiana Marsh meets the lower Mississippi River.</p>
<p>A loose armada of boats, each with two to four anglers, coming together, to remember a friend. No pomp, no circumstance, certainly nothing official.</p>
<p>Chris Armstrong would have liked it that way.</p>
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                    <p>Illustrator Chris Armstrong was remembered by two groups of friends, and his final wishes were carried out in two places he loved dearly.&nbsp;</p>
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