Opanin Samuel Agyepong goes home ...in style

Pictures by Edmund Smith-Asante. All Rights Reserved ©

The late father of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong and his siblings, Opanin Samuel Kwame Agyepong, 98, was last Saturday, September 10, 2022, seen off to the land of his ancestors at a very elaborate funeral.

A funeral only fit for kings, royals and Presidents where culture met with a Christian burial  service, was held at the forecourt of the State House in Accra to see off a man who had lived a full life and accomplished so much.

Present were almost everyone who mattered in the land, including former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, ministers, Members of Parliament, members of the clergy and a host of very important personalities.

The venue was a sea of white and black of people clad in fabric specially chosen for the funeral, canopies, décor and agog with the sound of drums, music and the firing of muskets by delegations from the northern part of the country.

Indeed it was a funeral of funerals that attracted thousands of people. #Edmages captured some memorable images. #canonshots #funeral #jospong #zoomlion #opaninsamuelkwameagyepong

Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong

Dr Joseph Agyepong with his siblings

The musket gang at the funeral delivered a 39-gun salute

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

Wife of the Speaker of Parliament, Alice Adjua Yornas Bagbin,
arriving at the funeral grounds

Veteran Gospel Musician Elder Mireku
leading the Pentecostal Voices in a song 

The staff of a female linguist

Some of the dignitaries who graced the funeral

The leadership of the NDC and NPP were also there

The General

Hassan Ayariga of the All Peoples Congress was also there

GJA President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour

Leading member of the NDC, Kwesi Ahwoi

Some leading members of the clergy

...And of course Zoomlion was there to ensure cleanliness

Former President John Mahama, former Speaker of Parliament,
 Edward Doe Adjaho and NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia,
were there to pay their last respects to the departed

Ronnie is Everywhere

General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church,
Rev. Stephen Wengham

First Lady of Royal House Chapel, Rev. Rita Korankye Ankrah

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia acknowledging
cheers at the funeral grounds

The Chief of Obomeng Kwahu, Nana Effah Opinamang II,
was present to see of one of his own

Mourners travelled from all over the country