“Life has been dark but full of light; sad, but full of joy; disappointing, but full of hope; needy but full of plenty, sick but full of health.”

“Life has been dark but full of light; sad, but full of joy; disappointing, but full of hope; needy but full of plenty, sick but full of health.”

“Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds' influence on the lives of many people in Louisiana and elsewhere has been immeasurable. Countless hundreds will rise up in the last day to call her 'blessed.”

“She was only a dew drop that sparkled a short while under the brilliant rays of heaven's sunlight.”

“I want to be like Jesus in my heart.”

“You will never know just how thrilled my heart is to behold such a throng of people; especially as they have gathered to pay tribute and love's greatest honor to loved ones who, today, are basking in the sunshine of God's heaven.”

“If you can keep alive in your heart the spirit of cheerfulness, the love of the wonderful, the sweet amazement of happy thoughts, the challenge of service, the lure of tomorrow and the joy of today, you will never grow old.”

“Life has been dark but full of light; sad, but full of joy; disappointing, but full of hope; needy but full of plenty, sick but full of health.”

“When I leave this earthly home and go up to God to dwell, someone will look on the heaped up grave and whisper, "She tried to do well.”