IN THE LAND OF FADELESS DAYS, In loving memory of the late PA RUPHUS ADEYEYE OLADOKUN JEKAYINFA (June 12 -March 21 2014).
We all miss him tonnes and we all look forward to the day we shall see him again.

In the land of fadeless day
Lies the city foursquare;
It shall never pass away,
And there is no night there.
Refrain:
God shall wipe away all tears,
There’s no death, no pain, nor fears,
And they count not time by years,
For there is no night there.
All the gates of pearl are made,
In the city foursquare;
All the streets with gold are laid,
And there is no night there.
All the gates shall never close
To the city foursquare;
There life’s crystal river flows,
And there is no night there.
There they need no sunshine bright,
In that city foursquare;
For the Lamb is all the light,
And there is no night there.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST DAD
PA RUPHUS ADEYEYE OLADOKUN JEKAYINFA (June 12 -March 21 2014)

We've been dreaming of a city called Jerusalem, our home right up in the sky, where the suffering's over, a place far beyond the sky, where our loving father the late PA RUPHUS ADEYEYE OLADOKUN JEKAYINFA (June 12 -March 21 2014), traveled to on the 21st of March 2014. It was just like a dream, it was as if you should never depart
We all miss you loads and we all look forward to the day we shall see him again

I've been dreaming of a city
far beyond the sky
where the suffering's over
get my wings and fly
when Jesus says it's over
oh what joy that will be
Whe're there's no more dreaming
I'll behold that last.
I've been dreaming of a city Jerusalem
Jerusalem jerusalem
I've been dreaming of a city Jerusalem
my home right up in the sky.
ohhhh
sometimes I lose direction
set to close my mind
but Jesus stands to remind me
that imma pass out through
Instead of losing heaven
I must look to the day
where there's no more Dreaming
I'll be home at last
I've been dreaming Of a city Jerusalem
Jerusalem Jerusalem
I've been dreaming of a city Jerusalem
my home right up in the sky
I've been dreaming of a city Jerusalem
Jerusalem Jerusalem
I've been dreaming of a city Jerusalem
my home right up in the sky
All my troubles
will be over
Just a little while to go
I shall see Him in face to face
Oh right up in the sky
All my troubles
Will be over
just a little while to go
I shall see him face to face
oh right up I the sky
All my troubles
will be over
just a little while to go
I shall see him face to face
ohh right up in the sky
All my troubles
will be over
just a little while to go
I shall see him face to face
ohh right up in the sky
I'm dreaming of a city
far beyond the sky
where the suffer is over
I'll behold at last

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A SPECIAL DAD IS HARD TO FIND

A special dad is hard to find,
You dad We're keeping in our mind,
We love you Dad with all our heart
And hate that we should be apart
But we will never forget you oh not ever.

A special dad we can't replace,
Never selfish, always loving and kind,
A special smile, a special face,                                                                                              

Your love and your kindness
Your soft gentle touch
These are memories you left behind.

We love you and we’ll always do,
You filled a space that no one will ever replace.

The day that you left us
Tears fell from the sky
Even though your body has died
But your spirit lives strong
In each one of us
Where it forever belongs

Your time here was a very long and fulfilling one,                                                                    

Even though we wished God had spared you a few more years.                                                                               

But God bid the angels to call you their way
If we had to live life over
We would choose you once more

Until that day comes, that we cross over too
Our family will not be complete
Until we meet that day with you

We love you Dad with all our heart.
And hate that we should be apart
Our love is a bond that can’t be broken
You may be gone, but never forgotten

Deep in our hearts your memory is kept,
Ours is just a simple prayer,
God bless and keep you in His care.                                                                                                         

Sleep well darling Dad, forever in our heart and our thoughts

we’ll always love and remember you. 

Earth has one gentle soul less,
And Heaven one angel more.                                                                                                                          

God bless you and keep you in His care,
Until we meet again.

Do not mourn his death, let's celebrate his life 

(Encourage each other with these words.No Longer Mourn for me when I am Dead)

I remember sometimes last year while speaking with my dad on phone on a totally different issue, as if he new that the time was near. What he said was similar to (1 Thessalonians 4;18 So encourage each other with these words.No Longer Mourn for me when I am Dead)

He said 'I don't want anybody to cry when I die, I have lived a glorious and fulfilled life, I have seen my grandchildren, none of my children went to heaven before me, I have fought a good fight of faith, do not cry, but celebrate me'.
My sister Dolapo also said he told her 'Oku mi ki se oku ofo' meaning that 'my death is not to be mourned, but to be celebrated.

So therefore my brothers and sisters just like the book of 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to the end.
Let us encourage each other with the words in the book of 1 Thessalonians 4 13, let us not grieve over daddy's death like those who do not have hope. We have hope and our joy is that he new the lord before he died. so there is assurance that he is with the Lord forever and we shall see him someday. this is the hope we have in Christ the hope of Resurrection

1 Thessalonians 4: 13 The Hope of the Resurrection

13And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have diedf so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

15We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.g 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have diedh will rise from their graves. 17Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18So encourage each other with these words.No Longer Mourn for me when I am Dead

His parting words can also be seen in this poem written by:
William Shakespeare

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sudden bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that write it; for I love you so
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O, if, I say, you look upon this verse
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse,
But let your love even with my life decay,
Lest the wise world should look into your moan
And mock you with me after I am gone.

So therefore my brother my sister do not mourn daddy's death, lets celebrate his life like he requested, we are not mourning like those who do not  have hope. Let us rejoice and celebrate his life 'lest the wise world should look into our mourn, and mock us.'

On the first of January 2014 my younger sister Yetunde who went home (Ibadan) to visit my dad, made a video recording of my dad. In this video recording, daddy refered to his humble self as the patriarch of the Jekayinfa Dynasty.

This made me to search for the defition of the words 'Patriarch' and 'dynasty'.

Amazingly these are the defitions i came across:

A patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority as a pater familias (oldest living male) over an extended family

 1.A patriarchis a male leader. a patriarch is the male head of a family or tribal line. 2. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
a man who controls a family, group, or government

A 'dynasty' is also often called a "house"
A "dynasty" may also refer to the era during which a family reigned, as well as to events, trends, and artifacts of that period
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered as members of the same family.

Looking at these definitions, it dawned on me that he was actually a Patriarch and the Jekayinfa family has grown to become a dynasty.

Yes I boldly say that he was a patriarch, why?

Because he is the male head of the Jekayinfa family and tribal line.

He was the oldest living member of the Jekayinfa dynasty, he was the last man standing and alive, of all his siblings.

He was the only one who exercises autocratic authority as a pater familias (oldest living male) over the Jekayinfa extended family

Yes he was a patriarch because in his life time he was the father who controls the whole family, and the extended family, he was always in control of any group he found himself, and above all when he was a civil servant, he was in control of the government, he was found in the corridors of power, he wined and dined with kings and princes, he provided international consultancy services in the field of Agriculture and Economics, he assumed a diplomatic status while in service.
Yes he was a patriarch because he was the male head, who was in control of the Jekayinfa house (dynasty), he controlled his era,he controlled the events and trends of his era.

Yes I boldly say without any aplogy, my father was a 'patriarch' and above all he was the 'Patriarch of the Jekayinfa Dynasty'.

Farewell our father and grandfather Pa Adeyeye Oladokun Jekayinfa, the Patriarch of the Jekayinfa Dynasty.

Till we meet to part no more

While awaiting my school certificate results, I was home for a few months. I had been in boarding school throughout my Secondary School education. But in the few months I stayed home, I could not but observe my dad's routine. He left home 7:00 a.m. every day to drop my siblings off at school and resume work at his office. The official working hours then was 7:30a.m. - 3:30p.m. What caught my attention was that when I heard the radio in the house streaming the jingle for the 4:00 p.m. news, I also heard the sound of my daddy's car returning from work!!! This happened every single working day and you could accurately set a watch by his routine: when you see him go, it was 7:00a.m. and when you hear the sound of his car returning, it was 4:00p.m.
He returned to his family immediately after work and prepare himself for the next working day. He didn't waste his time, he didn't allow himself to be distracted, he was disciplined, he was focused, he was a responsible family man, he was the world's greatest dad

IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE

(A LIFE OF SERVICE TO OTHER'S)

Let's pay a living legacy to Pa Adeyeye Oladokun, a patriarch, a man who loved God and whose way of life is a testimony to others, he lived a life full of service unto others.

His legacy and farewell message to the world is similar to Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders in the book of Acts 20:34-36.

His hands ministered to his own needs, and most of all to all the men and women who he came across on his sojourn on the face of the earth.

In everything he did, he worked hard (Acts 20:35 ) and what he had he used in helping others. From him I learn it is more blessed to give than to receive.

God used his hands to supply the needs of others. Acts 20:34

He believes that you must work hard, not for your own gain, but for you to have a seed to sow into the lives of others. Ephesians 4:28

THESE ARE HIS FAREWELL MESSAGES TO THE WORLD

ell to the Ephesian Elders

I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

shewed.

Acts 20:20,27 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have …

how that.

Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Romans 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, …

1 Corinthians 9:12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? …

2 Corinthians 11:9,12 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man…

1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and …

Psalm 41:1-3 Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him …

Psalm 112:5-9 A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion…

Proverbs 19:17 He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he …

Matthew 25:34-40 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed …

The glorious exit of Pa Adeyeye Oladokun Jekayinfa

     A patriarch, an erudite scholar, foremost Agricultural Economist, Graduate school of Oxford University, University of California, Berkeley (The Ivy of Public Universities), University of Chicago.

But most importantly he was our dad.