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Tribute By Meternity without a parting farewell. It is always difcult to accept the
y brother, Joseph William Sarpong-Antwi, oh! I was deeply saddened
when I received the unexpected news of your passing away into
Sister death of someone so close and dear. However, I know it is a journey that we all
must take, and go alone. It is one of God's established purposes or plans for man. I
will hold on dearly to the wonderful memories, especially our time as children
when we laughed and played together with no care about the world. Then as
adults, how we stood by each other through the good and stormy weather.
CAT. (RTD) ESTHER OKYERE Brother Willie was soft spoken, well mannered, and always neatly dressed
projecting an image well beyond his age. He was a gentleman par excellence
and was thus called 'Ko Krakye'. Thank you for giving us a sense of style and a
taste of beauty which is greatly appreciated.
1. Gyidifo trabea pa,
wcnea wcn agyenkwa a Among the siblings, Ko portrayed extraordinary intelligence, he stood out
Wcn anida noso wc, among us and stayed a science student throughout his secondary education.
wcn pa wc soro hc. He then pursued his Bachelors and Masters Degrees where he majored in
Economics. He was later inducted into the Ghana Chartered Institute of
2. Oyi kc na oyi kc, kchyqn Planners.
man mu hc wommisa
yqn ansa sq wckc a, As a civil servant, he was rst posted to Bolgatanga as the Regional Head of the
eye ana?
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Unfortunately, he was struck by an
unknown sickness which negatively imparted on his performance and ability to
3. Sq yqn Wura yq no saa work in the region. This also stalled his yearning desire to pursue a Doctor of
a, anka yqbqse no dqn?
yqde nusu srq no sq, Philosophy (PhD) Degree. Lord Heminway opined 'life breaks everyone but some
Ma oyi nkyq ha kakra! people heal stronger in the breaks'. Gracefully, despite the seeming great and
unsurmountable obstacles that confronted Ko, he bounced back repeatedly.
This was because J. W. Sarpong-Antwi was one of those who healed stronger in
4. Onim ade nyinaa 'ra, sq
qba yqn so saa a qsq yqn their breaks. He seemed invincible, he never quit and he never gave up! Oh Ko
sq yqyq kom, na yq home Willie, our mentor, Rev. B.S.Antwi's darling boy Ko.
wc n'akrum!
Yqn anigye sq daakye bi yqbqhyiam csoro;
yq anounyam bqda adi, Yqbqyq cman koro,
5. WСN A WOGYAW YεN Yesu ne Henkqse na yqbqyq ne de.
MU PII Yqde Yesu honam sqso bedi asase fof'ro so.
MA YεN ANI GYINA DE,
(PH 809 vs 3)
NANSO AGYENKWA KεSE,
WO NSA HYIA YεN ARA. Ko, wcn a wogyaw yqn mu pii ma yqn anigyina deq, nanso Agyenkwa kqse wonsa hyia yqn pq.
Amen..
(PH. 787: 1 – 5)
