I am at a loss for words to pay tribute to you, my Intelligent, Caring and Sweet mother.

You were my biological mum, whereas I was your  mother in the Lord, and you were never bored listening to exhortations from time to time despite the age  difference but would consistently respond ‘ ane bra’ concurring with God’s Word.

Your love for me, your only child knew no boundaries. You were often over protective but never pampered me thank you.

You made sure that i was a Pacesetter amongst my peers by sending me to school despite discouragement from some persons, but your harsh response to them was that you wouldn’t want me to toil day and night like you.

You assumed various roles to people. You counselled so many people ( male and female) to build houses both in their villages and cities, and showed affection to anyone that comes around you with magnanimity.

Your diligent lifestyle inspired  me to a very great extent hence i told myself that I must strive to make you proud by God’s special Grace.

Mama! You indeed fulfilled scriptures (Proverbs  13:22a) by leaving an inheritance to me and your grand children, you raised like your children.

I promise to remember and act on every of your honest counsels perpetually.

The house is so empty now since you went to be with the Lord. Missing you so much.

Adieu !!! Mama, till we sit at Jesus’ right hand side.

I woke up on the 24th of February 2024 morning with a call from my brother that our beloved grandmother has left us. Mama was the only surviving grandparent alive for me. She was one special lady and the loss of her is felt deeply by me, even though she lived a full life.

As her first grandchild, she played a big part in my childhood and I can remember so many times sitting in her kitchen and tasting the dishes, she prepare with special love. She taught me a lot about love and the meaning of life and family.. She has never been just ‘my grandmother’, but my guardian, my friend and my inspiration.

Mama, you may have passed on, but your memories would always live on within us. Thank you for your sacrifices, your care and concern, your love and everything that you have done for me and my siblings. Wherever you are, I know you are in a much better place. I will be forever grateful and thankful that you are my ‘grandmother’.

Love you grandma – You truly were a special, special woman! You may have passed on, but your memories would always live on within us. Once again, thank you for your sacrifices, your care and concern, your love and everything that you have done for us. Wherever you are, I know you are in a much better place. I will be forever grateful and thankful that you are my ‘grandmother’.

Rest in Peace Mama…we will never forget you and we will always love you forever.

Mama, you were the epitome of love, wisdom, and kindness. Your gentle spirit and unwavering faith touched the lives of all who knew you. You taught me the value of family, the power of hard work, and the beauty of a generous heart. Your legacy of love will forever remain in my heart. Rest peacefully, Grandma, knowing that your love continues to guide and inspire me every day.

Your passing came as a shock to me Mama. Sincerely, that Saturday morning, while observing my quiet time, I didn’t get the slightest sign that you would be leaving this world.

God knows all things; He knew from the onset when your time on earth would finally come to an end and chose not to disclose it for reasons best known to Him. May His name be praised still.

I thank God for the good and interesting life you lived – one void of offense towards others, you were a pacesetter, strong, daring, a disciplinarian, a lover of education, diligent in business, and much more. You were a rear gem.

In all, my greatest joy is that you abandoned that idol to serve the true and living God, in whose bossom you now rest.

Rest on Mama, till we meet to part no more.

Aunt Aeroplane, you were a dedicated person.Checking always on your loved ones.Asking to know about their welfare.

You were kind and loving.

Mama,God has called you to Himself.Rest in peace perpetual 🙏

A Tribute to my Unique Grandma

Mama is unique, A woman of inestimable value. I sincerely appreciate you for the sacrifices you made for us your children. You did not get formal education yet a lover of education. You were a person of capacity who was more coordinated and achieved greatly than the schooled.

Mama you always celebrate my wins especially when it has to do with my education, you are amongs those that have pushed and motivated me to the educational levels I have attained.

Thank you for believing in my intelligence than I do, mama you were an exceptional woman and I’m grateful to be part of your lineage. You are neat, industrious, a great cook and so full of wisdom amongs other potentials you portray and everyone connected to you directly or indirectly could testify of your unique qualities.

The house is so empty without you    but my solace is that you are in a much better place. I really miss you mama, Rest on my lovely grandma. Till we meet at Jesus feet, Your first grand-daughter Tamaradouye.

A tribute to the best Grandma I could ever ask for. Thank you for the sacrifices you made , for teaching me to cross the road in nursery school, for always being there for me, for giving me your laps to cry on whenever I was hurt, for tending to my wounds, for always trying to protect me from whatever, for always having solutions to my problems, for eating my leftovers up until this year, for your endless advice, for being a Mother!

20 years filled with amazing memories of you in my life. One memory I can never forget is the day you found out I got admitted into secondary school. You asked me to get 40 leaves note and pen and you gave me a list of things I shouldn’t try in school and the attitudes I should drop, you weren’t school literate but you were always so interested in me reading my books and getting good grades. That was the last thing you even said to me in Ijaw (take your education seriously)

Whenever you realized that I’ve been starving myself or I was sick you’d literally carry your wheelchair to my room door to check up on me and beg me to eat, you were always concerned about my health.

I know it was your time and God took you just the way you prayed he would but the house already feels empty and boring without you. The fact that I’d be going home from school and I wouldn’t be able to hug you, peck you and tease you by playing with your chin as I usually do taunts me but I know you’re in a better place and God’s time is the best. I’ll definitely miss your smile and laugh cause they could surely light up the room. Heaven definitely earned the rarest gem. I miss you already my love, till we meet again.

Life is in phases and Mama walked through every phase with her head high above her equals.

Contentment, satisfaction and fulfilment in life is not attained only by material possession and academic excellence but but by accepting Jesus as Lord and personal Saviour .Mama gave her life to Christ and worshipped in the congregation  of the  brethren till her legs couldn’t carry her.

A woman who cooked her food,washed her clothes and ate from our labour till her last day on earth. Her cleanliness is next to nothing, she is clean herself. I saw Mama make her grandchildren her own children with utmost love and concern. A woman l admire so much and pray to be like her strong, disciplined industrious clean and forthright, Mama thank you for supporting your daughter all through, you showed you love her by dying peacefully without any hassles. We shall meet at the pearly gates by his grace. Adieu Mama

Tribute to my Sweet Mama, Aeroplane Mary Daunemigha

Oh! my virtuous and sweet mama far above rubbies. Your death came as a shock to me. I visited your daughter to pick some souvenirs on that faithful day 24 of February 2024 and as I usually asked, “how is my mama”. She looked at me twice and responded “your mama just passed on this morning”. My system and body reacted immediately but with faith that she has just been translated I responded and said “May her soul rest in peace”.

Mama has been very industrious even in her old age. She was a seller of Holandis wrappers, Head-gears, materials for blouses and many more. Mama was an exemplary woman compared to others. She was a very neat woman, diligent and a very good counselor or adviser to people around her neighbourhood. She was very friendly to family members and friends. I always admired her life style more especially her dressing and her orderliness. Above all, she was a cheerful giver.

Mama I miss your conversations and greetings.

Your good works will forever be remembered.

Adiue!

Mama – Dọo Mu.

Mama, you were very peaceable and you loved your only daughter to a fault. This clearly shown the way you passed on. I remember how we used to gist. I will sincerely miss you and the vacuum is huge.

Mama, as you were fondly called, was a total woman to me because you were an embodiment of every quality that makes one a totally complete woman. You didn’t have formal education, but you were more intelligent, calculative, and productive than even the schooled. You were so organized and hardworking, your entrepreneurial skills were second to none. Your neatness and ability to accommodate all manner of persons was top notch. You were a shining example of motherhood. The earth has lost a rare gem, but heaven has gained a beautiful soul. You will be forever missed. Keep resting with the Lord.

Mothers are special People and special People are hard to be forgotten. Today I extend my special love to the bereft family and on behalf of the Ganagana family I say we’ll miss you and I know you’re resting well cuz God love for mama can not be fathom due to her love, kind heart, respect & devotion for God. May her gentle soul RIP.

Grandma Aeroplane lived a fulfilled live.

An ideal African Mother, a godmother to my mother. Very industrious and a mother figure to all young ladies that came her way.

Grandma took my mother and taught her the art of trading which made my mom one of the industrious and prominent ladies in her time.

Grandma’s love for we the children and the  grandchildren was topnotch. Her generosity knows no bounds.  No one stays moody the whole day when Grandma is around you. Her sense of humor couple with care will always take care of that moody situation.

Grandma, God gave you to come and tutor and mentor us, that you have successfully completed and God has called you to be with him.

We will greatly missed you for the vacuum created by your departure but the the good legacy you bequeathed to us will speaking for you and to us as your offspring.

Grandma Dou mu Temeowei Ama bra Kiri patimi. Adieu.

Mama is a mother to everyone who needs her support and attention. She’s always been there for me and I will always remember her forever. Rest in Peace. Her legacy will live on forever.

Mama, you lived a full life. God gave you so much strength and intelligence in your life time. You filled the house with your presence, now that you have gone to be with your Maker, the house is  sometimes unbearably quiet. But we take solace knowing that you’re in a better place. Though you have transitted, the sweet memories of your impact in each ones life will live on.

Adieu Mama!

The first time I met mama was about 12yrs ago. Anytime I sat with her , I’m taught some village wisdom which was a great privilege.

Mama was a very neat person, energetic and a strong woman who equally was a very good cook.

Despite her being confined to a wheelchair, she wasn’t a liability at all. Her kind is rare in this generation.

Fare-thee-well Great soul. You lived a perfect life because you loved God and humanity. Yours was a life very well spent because you were Strong financially, spiritually, morally and otherwise, until your last breath on earth. I’m already missing you mama . Let the Angels of God bear your body to your heavenly resting place. Amen.

One thing I get to know about Mama is her  love for God and man. Mama is a model of hard work, a fast thinker with incredible results.

She is a lover of peace and speaks the truth. Our sweet mother, we will always have good memories  of you.

Rest on until we meet to part no more.

Life is in phases and Mama walked through every phase with her head high above her equals.

Contentment, satisfaction and fulfilment in life is not attained  only by material possession and academic excellence but but by accepting Jesus as Lord and personal Saviour .Mama gave her life to Christ and worshipped in the congratulation of brethren till her legs couldn’t carry her.

A woman who cooked her food,washed her clothes and ate from our labour till her last day on earth.Her cleanliness is next to nothing,she is clean herself. I saw

Mama make her grandchildren her own children with utmost love and concern.A woman l admire so much and pray to be like her strong,disciplined industrious clean and forthright,.Mama tank you for supporting your daughter all through, you showed you love her by dying peacefully without any hassles. We shall meet at the pearly gates by his grace.Adieu Mama

Matriarch Daunemigha Mary Aeroplane was my dad’s parternal first cousin, daughter of Youlade, younger brother to Dulagha my dad Dickson Ebegha’s father. The mummy with the sweet subtle smiles I admired so much and one of my dad’s closest relatives I knew growing up back then, in our family house at No 26 Abukuru Street Ajegunle Apapa Lagos. Owned by her elder brother Pa James Eko Youlade. A very fashionable woman.  Got very close to my mom Eyeareyinburugha and she was also her youger sister Owougbaine’s friend. I call these women. Hollandaise wax women. They had them. Will always remember this about them. For any outing they wore the same hollandaise wax. ( Butterfly, Biscuit, ABC etc ) I called your daughter Rowena to speak with you as if I knew some weeks earlier before it happened but was told you were busy in the kitchen. Thank God for longevity. You came, you saw and you conquered! We love you mummy but God loves you most. Rest on in the Bossom of your creator. Adieu!!!!!!!

Your daughter: Mrs Helen Akpotupeikumo Abraham Fondly called ( Dede ) From Ibadan. Oyo- State, Nigeria.

Mama, you were so full of life, interesting,jovial and always having beautiful stories to tell. Ever cheerful mama, continue to rest on.

Mama Aeroplane Mary Daunemigha was a great woman, a woman of substance and very very successful businesswoman. She was an embodiment of hard work. I knew Mama through my father, Pa Moses Zimughan Tobuyei who spoke highly of her late husband of Peretorugbene Town as an honest, discreet, and industrious man.

Thus, from my early days in legal practice, Mama engaged my professional services in drafting and franking documents relating to her vast estate in Warri, her husband’s hometown and her great grandmother’s native town of Bolou-Tebegbe. Mama understood the strict sense of business ethics and never took advantage of the relationship she had with my father.

Instead, she promoted me by bringing several close friends and business associates- the Ijaws, Urhobos, Isokos and Itsekiris in legal matters. She never failed in payment of professional fees. Mama surprised me when she came to my office with her only girl child and her grandchild and requested that I drew up a Testamentary Disposition of her vast Estate as she would one day certainly pass on to the great beyond. At my request, her daughter  and grandchildren left the chambers and she gave the instructions which I wrote down in line with a questionnaire administered in that regard and consistent with standard best practices.

Subsequently, I visited Mama as she had a fall and could not move unless assisted. we spoke and from what I could perceive, the thought of writing a Will that would speak from the grave dampened her interest and abandoned the whole idea. Mama advised me to be fearless and always speak truth and do what is right no matter the circumstances. Mama instilled these sterling qualities in her daughter and the grand children and close relatives she raised in her lifetime.

Mama will be remembered as a Ijaw woman who built the first  storey building in Warri/Effurun Metropolis. I recalled when I commended Mama for being able to erect the storey building in her life time and Mama’s response was that she was able to achieve that through great toil whilst her daughter because of her education was able to build a three storey building effortlessly. And I remembered telling Mama that to get educated requires great mental exertion which is a very difficult task to undertake compared to her business ventures.  I know Mama to be a devout Christian. May God Almighty grant her gentle soul eternal rest. To the children, grandchildren and those left behind to celebrate her glorious exit, may God grant you the strength throughout the funeral activities through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Chief Barr. Fedude Zimughan

Tribute to a Woman I Call “My Mother”.

Mama, God bless the day I met you in the church.( LFC Swali). Your charming/ attractive smile and beautiful dressing attracted me to you while I was carrying out my assignment of taking care of the senior citizens. I fell in love with you and you became my mother without knowing that you were the mother of Rowena: our youngest Elder as she’s fondly called. I now see my grandma in you because my mother was an only child just like your daughter. Mama, there are more questions more ‘if’  and more why? But I leave everything to God Our Creator who is unquestionable.

Thank you for sending me your blessings few weeks to your departure.

I love you but Jesus loved you more. Good night and rest in His bossom Mama.

Elder (Mrs.) Stella Akono

Mama, your kindness, cheerful, graceful and resilient spirit will forever inspire us. Rest on Mama. We will miss your bright smile and warm welcome. You will always be remembered with love and gratitude.

Priye Otue

Your Grand Daughter-in-law

Mama, though you have passed on, your memories will always live on with us. Thank you for your care, concern, love, and everything you have done for us. We know you are in a much better place. We will be forever grateful and thankful that you are our great-grandma. May your wonderful soul rest in peace. Amen.

With love,

Tamera & Toby, Your Great-Grandchildren