[ 2011-12-12 ]

Essien mourns with Appiah at dad's funeral
Midfielder Michael Essien and some ex and current
players yesterday joined former Black Stars
captain Stephen Appiah to thank God at the Martyrs
of Uganda church at Mamprobi, an Accra suburb.

The service, a thanksgiving one for Appiah’s
departed father Bartholomew Nii Sackey Appiah, who
passed on a few months ago, aptly describes the
scripture which says, ”How beautiful it is for
brothers to get along,”

Essien, who is in the country for the Christmas
holidays, earlier had mourned with Appiah from the
wake keeping, burial to the thanksgiving service
which drew a large following.

The two have been the best of friends on and off
the pitch, underscoring unity, a legacy that
Appiah bequeathed to the team he led to the World
Cup on two occasions.

Sackey Appiah was buried last Saturday at the Osu
Cemetery. He was 70.

Meanwhile, Appiah has made a GH¢5,000 donation to
the church’s youth for its dinner celebration.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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