asawinso. His funeral last Friday was held in a parish that he served in St. Matthews at Sefwi From his bio he sounded like a real go getter, reviving slumping parished to be vibrant centres. He immigrated to USA and served in the Diocese of New York for many years where he died.
The funeral was attended by all clergy and the present and retired bishops of Diocese of Wiawso.
Interesting to me points in the service:
... during the Commendation all the priests surrounded the casket with a lit candle
... after service the casket was taken out into a space, size of football field and placed in the centre covered with the Pall, all flower tributes are made with silk/plastic flowers as real ones would not last an hour in the heat.
...on either side of the field are chairs under tents, on one side is the family and on the other are visitors.
Family seated
When a visitor enters they go to the family and walk by greeting as they go and then sit down. When visitors are all seated the family gets up and walks along the front of the visitors greeting them with AKWAABA ( you are welcome). There is music playing with singers with very large speakers.
Musicians and dancing
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All and all, 6 to 7 hours from leaving the house until back home, not including interment which I did not attend. Great send off for a very loved priest.
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