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Brief Biography of Late Sister Cecilia Ogbonna

March 25, 2019

Ecclesiastics 3;1-2 Says "There is an appointed time for everything a time for every activity under the heavens. A time for Birth and a time to die. Sister Cecilia Ogbonna has died, an icon of peace and a foundation of success and happiness to many. A hilarious and jovial gentlewoman whose frank statement drew people to her

BIRTH: Late Sister Cecilia Ogbonna was born in the year 25th September 1925 at Umuodu Orji Uratta Country Council as was called then in the family of Seven (7) children while she was the sixth (6) child.

EDUCATION: During this time of her Birth, education was regarded as a white man's culture and her parents were not quickly sending their wards to school which one could hardly find within the locality. And in view of this she was deprived the opportunity to go to school. However her own education was within the home manly in house chores.

MARRIAGE: she was married to Brother Godwin Ogbonna on the 22nd August 1949 and both of them (Couple) little after their wedding embraced the truth and that resulted in her baptism on 22nd August 1957.the couple eventually had children in which two sons and three daughters are alive to morn her death.

SOCIAL LIFE: To her husband she was a partner and a complement and to her children she was a mentor, a disciplinarian and a teacher .she was very loving and entertaining to her children.She was a mother with a never dull moment . A mother who never fails to discipline her children in the way of righteousness . She did not just support the family financially .but would want to make every person both within and outside happy no matter the circumstances.

BUSINESS LIFE: late Sister Cecilia Ogbonna was very dogged in business venture and that made her to trade on many goods so far these goods were within her reach .She never joked with her petty trading business , that led her to many local markets like Afor Uzoagba, Afor Obazu, Orie Mbeiri ,AforĀ  Nnudo, Eke Atta, Eke iho, Nkwo Orji, just to mention but a few. Through her hard work she laid a good foundation to her children. The last business she traded on was Akamu where she was exceptional and people would would come from far places looking for her "Special Akamu" to buy, despite there were others selling Akamu in their neighborhood. Despite her busy schedule her love and her interest for her new found hope in jehovah's Kingdom as Jesus commanded us in Matt 24:14,28:19,20.