"THE FINAL FAREWELL"
THE FINAL FAREWELL In the wee hours of the morning of 1st August, 2025, the sky was somber, reflecting the gravity of death, as the nightingale, Late Madam Magdalene Chinyere Beatrice Ijebuonwu, flew over the horizon of death and never to return to the land of the living. This gloomy day ushered in unimaginable grief and sorrow laced with unconsolable heartache. Two months after her swan flight to the great beyond, today, 23rd October, 2025, marks her actual final journey to rest in the bosom of her creator. The bereaved has recovered her remains from the deadhouse and taken them to her matrimonial and ancestral home. The body has moved to the church, St. Anthony's Catholic Church Ndagbo Isiama Afara-Ukwu, for a requiem, and lay in state for the viewing of loved ones, relatives, friends, and fiends alike. And finally, she was committed to mother earth. It was a dignified valediction. Entertainment of sympathizers ensued. There...