|  | Mrs. Thelma Elois Pruitt Egans November 6,1927 - January 20, 2011 Mrs. Thelma Elois Pruitt Egans, 83, a Retired Switch Board Operator, of Grambling, Louisiana passed on Thursday January 20, 2011 at the Moore Residence in Grambling. Open Visitation is scheduled for Monday January 24, 2011 from 2:00 P.M.- 5:45 P.M. The Pruitt/Egans Family will receive family and family from 6:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M. in the B. E. King Memorial Chapel of King's Funeral Home in Ruston on Monday night. Mrs. Egans’s Homegoing Celebration Services will be held Tuesday January 25, 2011 at Noon at the Mt. Calm Baptist Church in Simsboro, Louisiana, with Reverend Boris J. Braggs, Officiating. Committal Services and Burial will immediately follow in the Mt. Calm Cemetery of Simsboro, Louisiana. | | | | | | | Footprints in the Sand | | One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. | | Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. | | In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. | | Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, | | other times there were one set of footprints. | | | | This bothered me because I noticed | | that during the low periods of my life, | | when I was suffering from | | anguish, sorrow or defeat, | | I could see only one set of footprints. | | | | So I said to the Lord, | | "You promised me Lord, | | that if I followed you, | | you would walk with me always. | | But I have noticed that during | | the most trying periods of my life | | there have only been one | | set of footprints in the sand. | | Why, when I needed you most, | | you have not been there for me?" | | | | The Lord replied, | | "The times when you have | | seen only one set of footprints, | | is when I carried you." | | Mary Stevenson CONDOLENCES Marva Osborne Banks
03/19/2011 Sorry to hear about your loss. Just know that He knows best even when we cannot understand why. May He comfort and guide you during this difficult time. Love and peace, Marva Banks | Lisa Dennis
02/03/2011 I miss you terribly Antie...I'm trying to be strong..Gloria and the rest of my family I love you! | Kenya Smar-White
01/24/2011 My prayers are with you and your family. | Rose Roby-Spencer
01/24/2011 To the loving family of Mrs. Egans I appreciate you allowing me to help care for your loveone. May God continue to comfort you. | |
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