

What we leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others
Obituary
It is with a heavy heart that the Antwi, Adotei, and Ashong families regretfully announce that our dear mother, sister, minister, and friend, fondly known to many as Mummy, Auntie Becky, and Auntie Karley, was called to glory on the eve of 18th December 2024.
Rebecca Naa Adokarley Adotei was born on Saturday 7th November 1947 in her family home in Nsawam, Accra to her mother, Korkorbi Ashong and her dad Paa Nii Adotei, who was the Ga Chief of Nsawam and Osu, Ashintey in Greater Accra, Ghana.
She attended school at St John's Anglican mixed school in Nsawam. Rebecca was raised as a Christian however committed her life to Christ and was baptised with the Church of Pentecost, Kaneshie, Accra Ghana in 1972.
She migrated to the UK in 1982 with her children, basing herself in Deptford, South East London. Rebecca loved people, loved children, loved her community, and loved her family. She worked as a family support worker with Save the Children Fund for many years and worked as a childminder for a few years before permanently retiring in 2015. She was ordained as a minister, supporting her husband in ministry work. Through this, she bore many spiritual children whom she adored as her own.
Rebecca is survived by her husband Archbishop Edward Manasseh Antwi, her sister Stella Adotso Adotei Lartey, her children Naomi, Harriet, Joshua, and Vera, her grandchildren Edward, Bethany, Eleazar, Moriah, Jesse, Acacia, Josiah, Harley, Abel and Israel, and her step-children Isaac Antwi, Akoto Antwi, Atta Antwi, and others.
Scheduled Events
Please refer to the list below for information on all scheduled event.
Wake Keeping
Thursday 27th February | 5pm - Private viewing with Family and Close Friends.
Dress code: Black
Funeral Service
Friday 28th February | 9am - All Saints Church, New Cross, London SE14 5FF
Nearest station: New Cross Gate, Nearest bus stop: Briant Street (buses: 21, 53, 172, 453)
Also a short walk from New Cross Gate bus garage.
Dress code: Black & White
Burial
Friday 28th January | 9am - Hither Green Cemetery, Verdant Lane, London SE6 1TP
Nearest bus stop: Whitefoot Lane (buses: 124, 284)
Funeral Rites & Celebration of Life
Friday 28th February | 2pm - Glory Hall (RCCG), Bellingham Trading Estate, London SE6 3BX
Nearest Train Station: Bellingham, Nearest bus stop: Bellingham road (buses: 136, 320, 208, 54)
Also a short walk from Catford bus garage.
Dress code: Black & White
Thanksgiving Service
Sunday 2nd March | 2pm - Word of Life, Union Jack Club, Sandall Street, London SE1 8UJ
Nearest Train/Tube station: Waterloo (nearest exit via Jubilee line exit), Nearest Bus stop: Waterloo Raod, Waterloo Station
Dress code: All White
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Memory wall
No words can describe how I feel about the thought that my beloved sister, Inŋmaa Bi, as we passionately call each other has passed away.
Inŋmaa Bi Rev. Rebecca, you are gone, but you will never be forgotten. We may be apart, but your memory will live within me and the family forever.
I remember when we spent time praying for our children, family and ministry.
Inŋmaa Bi my beloved sister, I remember your sense of humour and the many laughs we had together.
I am left with so many precious memories of the good times we've spent together and the joy that we'll meet in heaven.
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Rest in peace, Inŋmaa Bi.
From Rev. Mrs Clara Nana-O Mensah, Pst James Mensah and family
"Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now. Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from their labours, for their deeds will follow them" Revelation 14:13
My family and I can confidently claim that we were one of the first families the Antwi family came into contact with when resided in Deptford.
Aunty Rebecca and I got on so well that, we affectionately addressed each other as "Onua," meaning 'sibling'
A very enduring relationship materialised between us and our respective families till today.
Onua, you wore your deep faith on your sleeve, in that you opened your home to humanity long before you became a minister. You opened your doors and arms to many and supported them, just as Jesus has asked us to do. A big hearted woman you were.
Onua Albert, the boys, Freddie & Albert jnr. and myself say;
Sleep well !!
Sleep on peacefully in the Lord till we meet again!!
✝️✝️✝️
Amen
Tributes from NNOBOA
In the needlework of life, some threads shine brighter than others.
Today, we honour such a thread – the golden strand that was Mama Rebecca.
Born under a winter sky in summer NOVEMBER 1947,Rebecca was a child of the sun. Her smile could part clouds, her laughter could coax flowers from the earth. Correct Ooh
As a Nursery teacher, she nurtured young minds like a gardener tends to delicate seedlings, helping them grow strong and tall.
Rebecca was a poet of the everyday, finding beauty in the commonplace and charmed in the ordinary. Her oil painting was the lives she touched, her brushstrokes the gentle words of encouragement she offered to all. And ends often her conversations with the word, correct ohh
To her husband, Archbishop Eward Antwi, she was the northern star – constant, bright, guiding. Their love was a slow dance in the church halls, a shared glance over steaming coffee cups, a silent promise renewed each day.
For us from a distant as members of Association of Ministers and Christian Workers(NnOBOA), her children, she was like the mighty oak under which they flourished. Her wisdom fell like leaves, nourishing their growth. Even in the winter of her life, she stood tall, her branches offering shelter and strength.
Mum Rebeca found music in the everyday – in the laughter of her family, in the quiet rustle of turning pages, in the gentle hum of their home. She taught us to listen, to find beauty in simplicity at most meetings .
Mum Rebecca wove stories like spider silk, delicate yet strong, capturing moments in time and preserving them for eternity. Her words painted pictures more vivid than any photograph, her tales a legacy that will echo through generations.
Now, as we bid farewell to her, we are reminded that endings are but new beginnings. The seeds of her kindness, planted deep in our hearts, will continue to grow.
So let us not mourn the setting of this brilliant sun, but rather celebrate the warmth it brought to our lives. For in the garden of memory, Rebecca blooms eternal – a constant reminder of love’s enduring power.
Rest in PEACE
Bishop James Larbi on Behalf of NNOBOA
She calls me iŋpa meaning Daddy
Sleep well my daughter
You would always be in our hearts .
Her days and years of suffering are over. She is in heaven enjoying her reward. Part of that reward will be for how she encouraged a struggling pioneer pastor during very challenging and difficult days trying to get a church started. I thank God for Rebecca Antwi. I am praying for her husband Edward and family. Rebecca's was a light in the midst of a very dark world. She will be missed but the separation is only temporary as we will all be United one day in heaven.
Pstr Paul Stephens
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SE14 5DJ
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