Accra, Oct 06, GNA- A multitude of mourners at the weekend gathered at the chapel of the Peniel Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Salem, Teshie in Accra, for the burial service of the late Mr. Solomon Adjetey Anang, Pioneer Headmaster of Teshie Presby Senior High School.
The school, with the motto: “To Live, To Serve”, then called Teshie Presby Secondary School (TPSS) was founded on October 6, 1981, as a private school, and became a Government Assisted School in 1984.
The late Mr. Anang, affectionately called Master Anang, Santana, among others, then Assistant Director of the Ghana Education Service, and Assistant Headmaster of the then Osu Presby Secondary School, came home to Teshie, to start the new co-educational institution over accepting to head the then Anum Presby Secondary School.
He started the school with three other teachers and one non-teaching staff member.
He admitted 70 pioneer students into the school.
Professors, engineers, lawyers, journalists, accountants, scientists, clerics and mathematicians, some of whom he mentored or taught, among other mourners in white and black outfits listened with rapt attention to tributes that poured in, in the English, Ga and Dangme languages to eulogise the late nonagenarian.
He had served as an educationist, preacher, presbyter, school administrator and examiner of the West African Examinations Council, among other positions.
According to his autobiography, the late Mr. Anang, also former Senior Housemaster and Chaplain of Okuapeman School “breathed the cool air of the earth and saw its brighter light on the 15th day of March 1933.”
He breathed his last on earth 21st July 2025.
He was, however, grateful to his surviving son Eric, commending him for contributing to his longevity.
He wrote in his autobiography that, “I would have gone long ago when I became seriously ill in 2011/12. I am grateful…”
In an adieu message, contained in his autobiography, he wrote, “Eric, my dear son God be with you. Today I leave you with all my responsibilities falling on you.
“Be vigilant and God fearing as before. May God shower his blessings on you, your mother, your wife Ruth (I trust you) and my only grand-daughters, Pearl, Pamela and Erica.
“Bye bye!!! Live well!!!
Bye bye!!! Live well!!!”
The reader of the autobiography said: “Though he bids us farewell, we know his spirit remains with us.
“We carry forward his devotion to God, his passion for education and his love for family. May his memory inspire us to walk faithfully, serve wholeheartedly and live well.”
Different pictures depicting the life’s journey of the late Mr. Anang, who was also appointed to head the Mathematics Department of the St Andrews Training College, Mampong Ashanti, adorned the wall leading to the entrance of the chapel where the burial service was held.
The service was interspersed hymns from both the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches as tributes poured in to eulogise the man noted for his tenacity, honesty, integrity, discipline, sportsmanship and laudatory service to the Presbyterian Church, the Teshie community, Ghana and the ECOWAS sub-region.
Preaching the sermon, Rev Edmond Mensah, the Teshie District Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), thanked the Almighty God for the life of the late Mr. Anang.
He said: “We thank you, that you, Lord, that you brought him to this world, and especially to this very place, Teshie. Today we can all rejoice because he was so faithful to your word, that he was so determined that people within this catchment area will not only gain access to education.”
He noted Master Anang’s desire and prayer for the younger generation in the community to grow from grace to grace and live lives that brought glory and honour to God.
Rev Mensah, in the homily based on Psalm 89, dwelt on the mercies and faithfulness of God, to which he said the late headmaster referred to in his conversations with him.
Master Anang, he said, acknowledged God’s faithfulness as he committed himself and worked very hard with the Church and others to support him to make the establishment of TPSS a reality.
Rev Mensah commended the foresight of Master Anang and his team from the Teshie Old Boys and Girls Association (AGABOT), notably the late Dr T A Osae, the first African headmaster of Prempeh College; the late Dr Eric Agoe Kwei, marine and fisheries scientist; the late archivist Professor Jeremias Mama Akita; and Mr Emmanuel Magnus Boye, former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana.
Rev Mensah said the late Master Anang continued to support the school even at a very advanced age and urged the church and the community to support the school to reach higher heights.
Apparently staying in a manse close to the school, the cleric narrated incidents of observed attempted thievery at the school by supposedly young men from the community.
He announced that the District had resolved to find one day for every congregation in the district to raise a special fund to support the school.
Rev Mensah urged the mourners to be resolute in their service to God and humanity.
He said: “Despite the challenges that may come our way as people of God, we must be resolute in everything. The God we’re serving is faithful; that one day, he’ll show up and do the needful.
“… I’m sharing with you the same message he (Master Anang) shared with me, that you should not forget that we’re serving a living God… Yet, there may be challenges in this world, there may be difficulties, but never forget that we have God, who is able to do all things, far more than you can think of or can even imagine.
“Because of that we need to trust God, have faith in him and work to his glory.
“One day people will sit down and give glory to God, because you’ve worked diligently and very smart to make things a reality.”
There were tributes from wife Beatrice, surviving son Eric and wife Ruth, the Peniel Congregation of the PCG, the Men’s Fellowship, Teshie Presec, the WAEC, the Pioneer Class of the school, the Classes of 1970, 1971 and 1975 of Okuapeman School, among others.
The burial later took place at the Teshie Salem Cemetery.
GNA
Edited by Benjamin Mensah