Oakdale-Celebration of Life services honoring Myrtis Elma Marsh Bond, 90, will be held at 2 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 10, 2025, at Mt. Hope Baptist Church in Oakdale. Rev. Bro. Brian Johnson will officiate. Myrtis will be laid to rest at Bond Cemetery in Oakdale immediately following her services.

Myrtis's family will receive friends and visitors at Mt. Hope Baptist Church in Oakdale on Tuesday evening, September 9, 2025, from 1-9 o'clock p.m. Myrtis's visitation will resume on Wednesday morning, September 10, 2025, from 9 o'clock a.m. until time of service. All of Myrtis's arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home of Oakdale.

Myrtis was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She had the biggest heart and had a profound love for children. She was a devoted wife of 61 years to her husband, Roy "Jack" Bond until his passing. Myrtis was a Christ loving and Christ sharing person. She was a member of Mt. Hope Baptist Church in Oakdale where she served the Lord diligently, spreading the gospel by teaching, singing, cooking, and tending the nursery. Myrtis found joy in caring for others, she would often say "I am a helper" and that is exactly what she was. She spent her entire life doing what she loved, being a caregiver to others, not just in her home, and to her husband and children, but to her church and her community. Myrtis was a kind and compassionate person and will be forever missed and unconditionally loved by all who knew her.

Those left to cherish Myrtis's memory include one son, Dennis Bond, one daughter-in-law, Susie Sylestine Bond; two daughters, Joyce Paul and husband DeWayne, and Sheila Jefferis and husband Jeff; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-six great grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Myrtis is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Luckett Marsh and Melda Erma Marcantel; her husband, Roy "Jack" Bond; one son, Danny Lauren Bond, one daughter, Ellen Dianne Bond Bonin; one son-in-law, Troy Bonin; one daughter-in-law, Sarah Bond; one granddaughter, Jennifer Bond, one grandson, Mark Sylestine; one great granddaughter, Shylynn Sylestine; six brothers, Wilson, Keno, Jerry, Glen, Clifton, and Marvin Morgan, four sisters, Louella Reed Roberts, Evelyn Reed Carrier, Mable Marsh Crews, and Doris Morgan Stanley.

Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be shared with Myrtis's family at www.ardoinfuneralhome.com or on Facebook-Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Homes.