{
  "id": 16732955,
  "title": "Grace Nortey to be laid to rest Saturday at State House",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/grace-nortey-to-be-laid-to-rest-saturday-at-state-house",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:17:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/grace-nortey-to-be-laid-to-rest-saturday-at-state-house/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mrs Grace Naa Kwarley Nortey, the 89-year-old former member of the Sawyerr family of Accra and Sierra Leone, is set to be laid to rest on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra. The funeral rites will commence with a vigil night on Friday, October 30, at the family residence in Haatso, starting at 6:00 pm, with mourners requested to wear black and white attire. On Sunday, November 1, a thanksgiving service will be held at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Osu, also at 8:00 am, with attendees again asked to wear all white. Interment will be private. The funeral invitation has been issued by the Head of Family, Prof. Akilagpa Sawyerr, along with Mrs Christine Omai Kwawukume and Mrs Justice Selassie Sawyerr-Williams, among others from the Sawyerr family, Nii Odoo V, the Faase-Owooman of Accra, and Nii Akapeh III, Osu Mankralo Stool Asafoatse. The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Daniel S. M. Torto of the Anglican Diocese of Accra is also among them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}