Opening words at the funeral of Coretta Scott King

Quote of the Day: the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, on Coretta Scott King

"We thank you, God, for allowing us to know a woman named Coretta Scott King. Thank you for her witness, her walk, her work. Thank you for her elegance and her eloquence. ... Thank you, God, that we were able to touch her and she was able to touch us."

-- The Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, senior pastor of Believers Christian Fellowship Church in Harlem, N.Y., giving the opening prayer at the funeral of Coretta Scott King, who died Jan. 30. Her funeral was held Tuesday (Feb.7) at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga.