A SERVICE OF IRREPARABLE LOSS A SPEECHLESS ANGUISH Dear God who knowest us in all circumstances, we pray Thee give THOSE WO HAVE GONE BEFORE US Thy outspread and embracing arms, in that great beyond from whence no traveller can return. "O death, were is thy sting, O grave , where is thy victory." "Judge not the Lord by feeble sense but trust Him for His Grace." ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ JULIAN TAIWO BURATT MACAULAY Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Monrday, 23 June 2003. Interred at: Ascension Town Cemetery on Sunday, 29 June 2003. 24 September 1958 23 June 2003 AGE 45 YEARS St John's Maroon Church Freetown, Sierra Leone. ++++++++++++++++ SOLOMON JONATHAN CLINE-WILLIAMS Passed away at the Seldon Unit, Northfield, Birmingham, England on Friday, 30 May 2003. Committal at Lodge Hill Crematorium on Thursday, 12 June 2003. 2 August 1937 - 30 May 2003 AGED 65 YEARS Ridgacre Methodist Church Birmingham, England ++++++++++++++++ ABIGAIL LOUISA OLATUNDE DOVE (nee JONES) Passed away at St George's Hospital, London, England on Thursday, 15 May 2003. Interred at Magdalen Road Cemetery, London on Wednesday, 28 May 2003. 24 December 1921 - 15 May 2003 AGED 81YEARS St Nicholas Church London, England ++++++++++++++++ FLORENCE MADAMIDOLA MILCAH THOMAS (nee DAVIES) Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Thursday, 8 May 2003. Interred at: Ascension Town Cemetery on Sunday, 29 June 2003 10 November 1923 - 8 May 2003 AGED 80 YEARS Church Freetown, Sierra Leone ++++++++++++++++ VALERIE CLARIBELL MORGAN Passed away at Old Church Hospital, Romford, London, England on Thursday, 9 January 2003. Interred at Eastbrook End Cemetery, London, England on Friday, 17 January 2003. 4 November 1960 - 9 January 2003 AGED 42 YEARS Bethel The Church on the Avenue London, England ++++++++++++++++ TRIBUTE TO VALERIE CLARIBELL MORGAN by Mr Shola Makinwa, Community Life Pastor FRIDAY, 17 JANUARY 2003 Valerie Claribell Morgan was born on 4th November 1960 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. She attended the Young Women's Christian Association Vocational Institute and then the Freetown Technical Institute where she completed a secretarial course. Before coming to the UK she worked for the Scripture Union Sierra Leone. She was actively involved with the work of the Scripture Union. She enjoyed her role as group leader where she arranged weekend retreats for children. She came to the UK in December 1998 to visit her sisters and stayed on because of the problems in Sierra Leone. Here she successfully completed several computer courses and worked as an Administrative Assistant for two Care Agencies. She was a very simple and quiet woman who took everything in her stride and took pleasure in reading and listening to gospel music. She enjoyed listening to others, was very generous and stood up for her belief and faith. Valerie was born into a Christian family and later early in her life became a "born-again" Christian. She attended the Flaming Ministry Church in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In August 2002 she became a member of Bethel Church whilst the building work was going on in the church and services were held at Dagenham Priory School. She was a member of the Professional People's Community Life group of the church. Amongst her surviving relatives are her sisters, Margaret married to Chris Brainerd and Abi married to Daniel Hayble. Both sisters live in the UK. Her two brothers, Anthony and Arthur Lewis reside in Sierra Leone. She had been dearly loved and supported by her several nieces, nephews, aunties, uncles, cousins and friends in the UK and abroad. She passed away at Old Church Hospital, Romford on 9th January 2003. MESSAGE by Pastor Ken Williamson Bethel The Church on the Avenue, Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Essex DEATH IS NOTHING AT ALL... 1 Corinthians15 vs The First man was from the dust of the Earth, the Second man Christ came from Heaven. Christ came to the world to give us a second opportunity to Eternal Glory. Death came through Adam our first father, but in Christ came Eternal life. The first is Natural, the second is spiritual. For us that believe in Christ, Death is a process of transforming us from Perishable to Imperishable, from Mortality to Immortality. Then the saying as is written in the book of Corrinthians 15 vs 55 "Where, O death is your victory?, Where, O death is your sting" For Death is nothing at all Valerie has only slipped away into the next room. Valerie is Valerie, and you are you. Whatever we were to her, you still are. Call her by her old familiar name, speak to her In the easy way which you always used Put no difference in your tone, Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as you always laughed At the little jokes you enjoyed together. Let her name be ever the household word That it always was, let it be spoken without effect, Without the trace of shadow on it Life means all that it was ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; There is unbroken continuity. Why should she be out of your mind Because she is out of sight? She is waiting for us, for an interval, Somewhere very near, Just around a corner. All is well. Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrew 13:5 Hebrew 13: 1 "Keep on loving each other as brothers" MAY HER SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE BURIAL @ EASTBROOK END CEMETERY ++++++++++++++++ DR LATILEWA CHRISTIANA HYDE-FORSTER OR MBE JP JUNE 14, 1911 September 12, 2001 Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leoneoin 12 September 2001 ++++++++++++++++ ALFRED ANTHONY OMOTAIOR LEWIS Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leoneoin 8 April 1999. Interred at King Tom Cemetery on 1999. 1919 - 1999 AGED 80 YEARS Church Freetown, Sierra Leone ++++++++++++++++ SYDNEY MAURICE OLUWOLÉ BOYLE Passed away in Birmingham, England in April 1999. Committal at Robin Hood Crematorium, Birmingham, England on Tuesday, 4 May 1999. 28 December 1905 - April 1999 AGED 94 YEARS St Anne's Church, Birmingham, England TRIBUTE TO A DISTINGUISHED SIERRA LEONEAN AND WORTHY PATRIOT WHO MADE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION'S HISTORY. by Ronald Andrew Lisk-Carew Tuesday, 4 May 1999. The late Mr Sydney Boyle was born in Freetown on 28th December 1905. His mother was Agnes and father was Moses Boyle. Mr Boyle went to school in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) the Accra High School and he attended the Methodist Boys High School in Sierra Leone. Mr Boyle was one of the first political pioneers in Sierra Leone, actively involved and committed to make the necessary sacrifices for his country and promoting real Unity, Freedom and Justice. His efforts contributed to Sierra Leone's independence achieved in 1961. Mr Boyle was a close colleague of I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson. Mr Boyle was General Secretary of the West African Youth League (Sierra Leone Section) and Editor of the African Standard. By 1945 the direction and shape of the political and social developments that would lead to independence for Sierra Leone was discernible. The formation of the West African Youth League (Sierra Leone Section) [Motto "Liberty or Death"] of which Isaac T.A. Wallace-Johnson was the Organising Secretary, was the first extensive attempt by Creoles to reach out beyond the confines of their own ethnic group and self-interest and to form an alliance with the indigenous inhabitants based on racial unity and perception of imperialism as exploitative of all peoples of African descent in Sierra Leone, not just Creoles. Despite British attempts to halt the growth of the Youth League movement, the seeds for national co-operation remained alive and contributed to Sierra Leone's independence. In 1799 Freetown became the first municipality in Africa. On April 27th, 1961, Sierra Leone became a Sovereign and Independent State within the Commonwealth of Nations, and was on the 27th September of the same year, admitted as the 100th Member of the United Nations. Sierra Leone became a Republic on the 19th of April 1971. Mr Boyle proceeded to Birmingham, England in 1945 where he married Mrs Phyllis Boyle and where he lived, worked and died. He was a very respected elder of the Sierra Leone community in Birmingham. He was a man of high moral ideals, undoubted integrity and determined principles. He epitomised the qualities of tolerance, love, dedication and humility. In short, he was positively an honourable man. He was always to the point, candid, honest, courageous, helpful, supportive, kind, faithful and friendly. He was also a distinguished man of vision. An example is in the invaluable assistance and encouragement, which he and Mrs Boyle gave in 1987 to found the Sierra Leone Bicentenary Trust to mark the Bicentenary of Sierra Leone (1787-1987). In May 1787, settlers from England entered the Sierra Leone River, disembarked and started their settlement (first named Granville Town - after Granville Sharp, one of a group of philanthropists who successfully pressured the British government to permit the transportation of the emancipated Negroes to Sierra Leone - then Province of Freedom, and finally Freetown). As my mentor he empowered me. His memorable words to me, which have been my main guiding principle, were "some may but you cannot." As a Latin scholar Mr Boyle would say "PROB: BON FIDELAQU SERV." I pray our Lord in heaven will say to him, "Well done, ye good and faithful servant." He will be surely missed. May his soul Rest In Peace. ++++++++++++++++ JOHN BURATT MACAULAY Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Monday, 14 Octobber 1974. Interred at Ascension Town Cemetery, Freetown, on Thursday, 17 October 1974. 1907 - 14 October 1974 AGE 67 YEARS St John's Maroon Church Freetown, Sierra Leone. ++++++++++++++++ JACOB GALBA KOSONIKE BRIGHT O.B.E., J.P., M.J.I. Passed away in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Monday, 14 May 1973. Interred at Circular Road Cemetery, Freetown, on Sunday, 20 May 1973. 3 September 1898 - 14 May 1973 AGED 75 YEARS Holy Trinity Church Freetown, Sierra Leone ++++++++++++++++ Rev. S.O. Greene, B.A. DIP.ED. Dunelm, M.ED. Birmingham attended C.M.S. Grammar School 1942 - 1948 Fourah Bay College 1952 - 1958 Birmingham University 1960 - 1962 Principal, Bishop Johnson School 1962 - 1969 ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++ |
We Give Back We give back to you O God, those whom you gave to us, you did not lose them when you gave them to us and we donot them by their return to you. Your dear Son has taught us that life is eternal and love cannot die, so death is only an horizon and only the limit of our sight. Open our eyes to see more clearly and draw us close to you that we may know we are nearer to our loved ones who are with you. You have told us that you are preparing a place for us, prepare us also for that happy place, that where you are we may also be, O dear Lord of Life and Death. William Penn (1644-1718) DAWN'S TRUE PROMISE It is not for us to question The way of Winds Tempers of seas; Games of stars nor The fates of men. For to us it has been ordained to fulfil, To reach through Wisdom embraced And Love undenied, Celebrating each ay; Matching the elements for wonder. For there, when in his true element, Lies the true Role of Man. And when we are done, And our Curtain's drawn, We are done. But shining on is our light which Though we are gone, still Catches the wonder of the walking' Leading us on whilst remaining; Telling of nothing but comfort and peace With One and All. Work's done, And in his twinkling eve of The Stars' Play. Dawn's True Promise Comes home to lie. By Presell Thomas - June 2003 |
