PHOTOS: Late Madam Theresa Asa Laid To Eternal Rest 

By Godwin Otang And Sylvia Akpan

The remains of the Late Madam Theresa Asa Effah has been laid to rest.

She was interred at Calabar Vaults and Gardens, along the Tinapa road, after a funeral service held at Mary Pro-Cathedral, Efut Abua Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, on Friday 15 March 2024.

The late Madam Theresa Asa Effah born July 21, 1963, passed on February 12, 2024, after a brief illness.

Drawing his sermon from the book of Wisdom 4:7- and 3:1-9, the Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey prayed God to grant her soul eternal rest.

He said life is a marketplace where everyone comes to trade and will return home some day and some time.

“Our sister, friend, and neighbor, came to sell and buy and now she is with the father.” He noted that our lives are not measured by how long we live but by how well we live.

Citing the story of the ten virgins, he admonished all “to be like the wise virgins who went prepared rather than being found wanting.”

The clergy further enjoin the living to live an impactful life, positive, worthy, full of legacy, and others as non knows tomorrow.

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Career

The Late Mrs. Theresa was a teacher who served her fatherland for 35 years. She began her teaching career upon completion of her teacher training in 1986. Between 1987 and 1990, she taught at Housing Estate Primary School, Calabar.

Thereafter she was transferred to Idang Primary School, Calabar in 1991 where she taught for 6 years. In April 1997, she was then moved to St. Mary’s Primary School, where she taught for 4 years before moving on to Brotherhood Primary School in September 2001.

She taught at Brotherhood for 4 years and in November 2005, she was then promoted to the Cross River State Secondary Education Board.

She also taught at Government Secondary School Idang for 6 years and was then transferred to Government Secondary School Pinn Margaret Calabar in January 2012, where she served for 10 years till she retired in August 2022.

She’s survived by two children – Sophia Eme Ekanem Umoh and Richmond Ekanem Umoh; five sisters, nieces and nephews, cousins, and relatives.

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