Obituary: Mrs. Sarah A. Bonner, 25 Dec 1891 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, January 28, 1892, p. 7, c. 5 BONNER.—Mrs. Sarah A. Bonner was born July 22, 1816, and died December 25, 1891, at her home, in Tyler, Texas. She professed religion and joined the church while yet in her youth. She was married twice. Her first husband was Rev. Bennett Elkins, by whom she had two children, the elder one of whom preceded her to the goodly land many years ago. The other still survives her. Her second marriage was to Rev. W. N. Bonner, who still lives an honored and aged minister of the gospel, and member of the East Texas Annual Conference. Sister Bonner was a devout Christian woman. Her service to God and her generation was a faithful one. Those who were intimately connected with her speak of her deep devotion and consecration to God and her church. Since I became her pastor, three years ago, I have found her to be a woman of strong, abiding faith in God, delighting in the services of God's sanctuary, and maintaining her religion at home. The closing days of her life were of great suffering, but this suffering did not in any degree cause her to distrust her Lord. Quietly the aged saint came to her end. She said to me a few days before her death, "It is all right. I am ready." When the supreme moment came she sweetly fell on sleep and now rests with her God. We shall see her again. D. F. C. TIMMONS. TYLER, TEXAS.