IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Elias Besong Ettandip (1934 – 2011)
We hold you closed within our heart and there you shall remain, to walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again. We pray that you rest in peace dear father and that you will find in Gods kingdom, eternal rest.
Funeral Program
Friday 11-02-2011
Removal of corps Mamfe Mortuary - 2pm
Laying in state in Talangaye Village – 4pm
Viewing/all night vigil
Saturday 12-02-2011
Religious service – 9am
Opening hymn/Songs of Praise.
Opening prayer.
Hymn/Songs of Praise.
Sermon/Pastoral Message of hope
Hymn/Songs of Praise.
Word from Bereaved family.
Eulogy
Hymn
Closing Prayer
Burial – 10am
Entertainment
AMAZING GRACE
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
was blind, but now I see.
Stanza 2:
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed.
Stanza 3:
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
Stanza 4:
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
as long as life endures.
Stanza 5:
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
and mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
a life of joy and peace.
Stanza 6:
When we've been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we first begun.
BLESSED ASSURANCE
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the daylong;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
Stanza 2:
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
(Chorus)
Stanza 3:
Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
(Chorus)
EULOGY
Rev. 14:13.....”Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth. Blessed indeed says the spirit, that they may rest from their labour for their deeds follow them.”
Pa Elias Besong was born in 1934 at Talangaye, Manyu Division, South West Region. He was the son of Late Moses Ettandip and Frida Manyi Ettandip. Pa Elias came from a family of nine and was the eldest among his siblings.
He attended the Native Authority primary school in Nfuni village and upon graduation; he studied typing and secretarial duties.
He worked as a secretary in the Mamfe Rural Council, and later on as a park collector in the Mamfe central park.
After the death of his father, he retired and moved to his home village Talangaye in the early 1970s, and while based in the village, he was actively involved in the affairs of the village. He was a councilor in the Talangaye village council, king maker and Ngbe Chief (SESEKOU) in Talangaye.
He was a founding member of the Talangaye oil palm Cooperative, a board member of the Eyumojock Cooperative Ltd.
Papa Elias lived and died a dedicated Baptist Deacon in Talanagaye Baptist Church. He dedicated his live to serving his village from the early 1970s till his death on the 28th of January 2011.
Sleep warm, dad. Sleep tight. Sleep well.
We love you. Always have. Always will.
“ONTO THEE
O LORD
I PUT MY TRUST”
Beloved Children (Frida Besong and Siblings)
Beloved Family (Mr. Manfred Ebot Ettandip (Family Head) on behalf of Ettandip and Eyongndip Families)
Beloved In-laws (Mr. James Arreymbi, Mr. Williams Tataw and others)
Friends and well-wishers
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPRECIATION
The Besong, Ettandip and Eyongndip Families wish to acknowledge with deep appreciation, the many comforting messages, prayers, financial and many other expressions of kindness and concern evidenced at this time in thoughts and deeds.