Funeral Arrangements Announced for Yaw Kwarteng and Sampson Hayford Jnr in July and August 2026

The families of the late Mr. Yaw Kwarteng and Mr. Sampson Hayford Jnr have formally announced the final funeral arrangements for their beloved relatives, scheduled to take place in late July and early August 2026. These solemn ceremonies will bring together mourners from across the country to pay their last respects to the deceased in services held in both the Ashanti and Central regions. The announcements provide details on the laying in state, burial services, and thanksgiving ceremonies as the families prepare to celebrate the lives of those they have lost.

For Mr. Yaw Kwarteng, who passed away at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital following a short illness, funeral rites are set to begin on Saturday, July 25, 2026. The program includes a laying in state and a burial service, with the final interment scheduled to take place at Hiawu-Besease. A thanksgiving service will conclude the rites on Sunday, July 26, 2026. The family has requested that attendees observe the traditional dress code, wearing black on Saturday and black and white for the Sunday service. The mourning process is being led by a committee of chief mourners and family members from across the community.

In Cape Coast, the family of 43-year-old Sampson Hayford Jnr has also released a detailed schedule for his final journey. According to the announcement, there will be no wake-keeping. Instead, the body will be laid in state at the CNC Grounds in Cape Coast on Thursday, July 30, 2026, starting at 6:00 AM. This will be followed by a burial service at 8:00 AM at the same venue and interment at the Asokyiano Cemetery. Final funeral rites will be held later that afternoon at the CNC Grounds, where the family, including his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Asamoah Hayford, will receive sympathizers.

The final activities for Mr. Hayford will culminate in a thanksgiving service on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Atterbury Road in Cape Coast. These upcoming ceremonies for both Mr. Kwarteng and Mr. Hayford Jnr underscore the deep cultural importance of the final passage in Ghanaian society, serving as a time for community solidarity and the honoring of legacies. Friends, colleagues, and well-wishers are encouraged to join the respective families during these periods of transition and remembrance.