Adobi Okeke (nee Anyaegbunam) 20th October 2012

Uncle Paul! Oh! Uncle Paul! I'm still hoping that this isnt true..... But it is. And we all must 'pass that way but ONCE'! My fondest memories of you were while growing up. You would call me, 'Adoo,kedu?' in a loud kindly voice. (I smile). Mama would call you to us at Boardman for one reason or the other. And you came, you always came. We were always glad to see you because you were sure to give us some nice little treats before you left. You were 'Paulio' to the aunties and uncles. To us, the nieces and nephews, you were 'Uncle Paul Uncle Paul'. Oh! How transient life is. How so transient. Farewell, Uncle Paul. Farewell. You have lived your part. You have finished your own race. You have got to the end of the line. And you await the rest of us. May your life and death teach us, the entire ANYAEGBUNAM family to live in love and 'seek not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee'.