By George Best Okoroh
Parishioners of St John’s Anglican Church, Ihiagwa, Owerri West are in deep mourning over the passing of two of their members. They were a couple, husband and wife, and died seven days apart.
A Knight of St Christopher, KSC, Sir Lucky Asonye, for two decades was the Pastor’s Warden at St John’s Anglican Church. He was, also, the Leader of God’s Own Family.
He was so active and competent and devoted in both offices, that new Vicar
ultimately chose and retained him as the Pastor’s Warden.
But on Saturday March 24, 2024, all that ended. Sir Asonye, 66, suddenly passed on.
Then, in a tragic twist, his wife, Charity, a Lady of Knight of St Christopher, who had been ill, and who he had, devotedly, nursed and been at her beck and call, also, passed on seven days after his own passing. Lady Asonye passed on March 30, 2024. She died heartbroken, as she was not able to bear the thought of the passing of her beloved husband who had looked after her for the period she had been ill.
The passing of husband and wife seven days apart, has left their two children – son,
Kennedy Ugochukwu Asonye and daughter Chinemerem Miracle Asonye – confused and devastated. They cannot understand why they suddenly became orphans in a space of seven days.
Sir and Lady Asonye were indegenes of Umuovum Ulakwo in Owerri North L.G.A Imo state, but lived the better part of their lives in Ihiagwa, Owerri West LGA.
A release by the Vicar of St John’s Ihiagwa, Ven Kingsley BC Okere, said the late Asonyes will be laid to rest on Friday, May 31, 2024, at the Asonye family Compound, Umuovum, Ulakwo, after a funeral service at St. John’s Church, Ihiagwa.
