My grandfather has passed away||burial ceremony of my grandfather who left the world.

Picture taken in front of his banner

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Life of my grandfather (Paul Agu)

book of his burial arrangement

The late Mr. Paul Agu is from Nbano in Imo State, but he lives and works in Umuahia as a civil servant. He is happily married to a beautiful wife who is already very late. He is a member of a Catholic church over there in Umuahia and also in his hometown, and he is recognized by many people because of his good work, both for those in need and also for those in the church. He served God until the day he died.

During his old age, things began to change for him. He knew that he was gradually going down and receiving a call from the Almighty to come back to him. He suffered so many sicknesses, but thanks to the almighty, he survived them all because of the good work of his first son, who took him from one hospital to another to insure that his father will never suffer. After his recovery from a hectic schedule and blood pressure sickness, he then called all his family members together, including his grandchildren and many other people related to him.

Old picture of him and his wife during their wedding day

All he did was to give so many words of advice; he made peace between his children who were not in good standing with each other; he shared his properties because he knew that his days were short on earth; he called all his grandchildren and all his in-laws and blessed them all; and after these blessings, he ordered for water, blessed the water, and gave it to all of them to drink. He said that his spirit will always be with us, that no harm will ever come to us, that we will be a blessed nation, and that no evil will ever come our way.

After these blessings and meeting together with everyone, we all went back to our various places. After a few weeks, we were called and told that our grandfather had passed away. We cried bitterly, but everyone was consoled because of what he told us when he was alive. We consoled him, and he was taken to the mortuary. He stayed there for a while, and then his burial was arranged.

burial ceremony of my iconic grandfather

As he told us when he was alive that we would never lack anything, when his burial was arranged and the money for the burial was strewn amongst the children and the in-laws, nobody ever cried that he or she did not have money. After some weeks, everyone presented their own share of the money, and the burial was arranged. Two days before the burial, each and everyone also showed up at the village where he was born and raised. Although many women cried because of how kind he was, we knew that our tears would not be enough to bring him back to life.

In the evening of the day before the burial, there was a little feast that was organized to celebrate him for the good things he had done for us and also for the community. Many people and grandparents living in the village brought so many gifts to him because he was such a kind man. After the feast that night, it was morning, and everyone prepared for his burial. First, there were lots of women from different places who came to help with so many chores, like cooking and serving many people.

Not short, the priest of the Catholic church in their village came to the house and prayed for each and every one of us. He consoled us and told us to live our lives in a good way, just like our father and grandfather. He also gave us the time at which we would arrive at the church.

at the church	at the church

After some time, his ambulance came to the house. We all cried and wiped, but our tears could not help anything because he was already in the right hand of the Lord. We all dressed up in our uniforms and went to church. At the church, there were many people from different places who came to mourn with us. The priest read some words of burial from the Bible and gave many people holy communion. He blessed the dead body and pleaded with God to forgive any sin he might have committed, knowingly or unknowingly.

AFter the church service	choir singing at our house

his grave	when he was been covered

The church choir followed us to the house including the priest for the last prayer, over there in our house they have already digged the place in which the dead body would be buried, after some prayers and songs from the priest and the chori, he was put into the ground and covered, with this I have just understand the cause of God to man in the bible, which he said that from dust we come and from dust we shall return.

After some time we cried and wiped and the priest consoled and prayer for the family, then food was served to those who came far and wide to come and morn with us, we thanked and prayed to God for granting us a successful burial of our iconic grandfather, may God commit him into his kingdom in the gracious name of God, amen.