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Aunty  Emma rest well in the bosom of the Almighty. You were a true blessing to me when I joined your class. You made the Wednesday class meeting a gathering of family. God bless you mummy. May God be with the family left behind. May you be strengthened knowing that this beautiful woman is gone to heaven to the Father. Afeee noko.      

Sweet Sis Emma, Your passing has dealt a big disconnect to the beautiful working relationship we had nutured on the Diocesan Heritage platform.  Your guidance, leadership and most importantly, your care for work and humanity made you a special vessel in the Lord’s Vineyard. Thank you for all you did.  Rest in perfect peace. We console your husband and the entire family for this tragic loss.    Only God our Father knows best the timing of His calling.   We pray that he grants you the most peaceful of care in Heaven   Bye bye, Dear Sis Emma

Aunt Emma was the sweetest mother and aunt one could ever have. She was always looking out for me. I’ll forever cherish the moments we shared whenever she came for physio. I pray that the Lord will strengthen your family in this difficult time. Rest Easy Rest in Power Till we meet again!

I have known Auntie Emma in the early years in the 2000’s She’s been a mother and a good friend ,working together in the heritage office in the Northern Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana. Her departure has created a very big vacuum yest to be filled. With Christ in the vessel, we will smile at the storm Condolences to the Widower, Children and the entire Hammond and allied Families

The Late Mrs. Emma Hammond was indeed a woman of rare passion, commitment, and genuine care for others. My encounters with her while I worked at the WHO Ghana Country Office between 2015 and 2018 revealed one defining quality about her: an unrelenting desire to see a strengthened and improved health system for Ghana. She was deeply invested in evidence, policy, and people, always seeking better outcomes for the nation particularly through evidence data. Beyond her professional life, the late Auntie Emma was a woman of faith served faithfully where her life of service, humility, and encouragement touched many. I recall the  last time we met during the 2023 Commissioning and Commendation Service of Methodist Ministers at the Ebenezer Cathedral, Medina. When she learned that I was at Trinity Theological Seminary, she was full of praise and encouragement. From that moment, she made it a point to check on me regularly, reaching out almost every month with genuine concern and support. Our final conversation was on 15th September 2025, after I shared data on the National HIV statistics. True to her passion for public health, she reached out to find out whether I had returned to WHO after my commissioning; once again demonstrating her continued interest in people, service, and national health issues. Indeed, we have lost someone who truly cared about others. Her legacy of compassion, professionalism, and Christian service will remain in our hearts. May the Lord grant your soul an eternal rest, and may light perpetual shine upon your soul, Auntie Emma

May the Almighty God grant the family strength and grace to get through these trying times. All shall be well. May her gracious soul rest in perfect peace.

Auntie Emma, ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊 Your passing has left a quiet ache in my heart that words can hardly carry. You were more than an aunt to me; you became a mother when I needed one, a tutor when guidance was scarce, and a pillar of support when help was nowhere to be found. At a time when my education could have easily come to a halt, you stood in the gap. Through your sacrifices, in cash and in kind, and together with Uncle Ernest, you ensured that my dreams did not die prematurely. You believed in me when circumstances said otherwise, and that belief shaped my life in ways I may never fully express. You taught me not just lessons from books, but lessons of kindness, responsibility, resilience, and love. Your care was intentional, your support sincere, and your presence reassuring. I am who I am today in part because you chose to care. Even after all these you still kept me at heart and asked me to pursue my masters degree and not wait for anyone, this was the last advice I had from you, at the last day I ever saw you. You hugged me and whispered these words “you will do well”. Though death has taken you from our sight, it can never erase your impact. Your legacy lives on in the lives you touched, the futures you helped build, and the love you gave so freely. Rest well, Auntie Emma. Thank you for being my helper, my teacher, and my mother in many ways. Your kindness will forever be a Totem. Your Son, Mills.

I met Aunty Emma on Legon campus sometime in 2003 where we were both students and residents of Mensah Sarbah Hall as well as members of GHAMSU. The relationship between us was one of mother and daughter. She would encourage me to attend all GHAMSU programs even when I assumed I was overwhelmed with academic work. She encouraged me to marry my now husband and always said she knew he was a good man – she was right. When I was hit by tragedy sometime in 2006, I was shattered and broken and I called to inform her. She came to me and encouraged me using her personal life as an example. She said God knows exactly what He is doing, He is still in charge. I was out of that grief after her visit. The last time we spoke which was barely two weeks to her demise, she sent me a video and told me she wants me to be like this, ie. take a lead position with the women’s fellowship. She added that the Lord himself will guide me. Aunty Emma, you worked so hard to promote the women’s fellowship making it attractive for the younger generation. There were days when we would argue on some practices in the Women’s Fellowship, we both agreed that some of them were archaic and must be reviewed. When we had programs for the Women’s Fellowship and some members grumbled or criticized, you remained calm still wearing that smile, I asked you how you do it and you explained that the scarf we wear covers the ear symbolically, that it meant you do not hear negativity, let alone respond to it. Aunty Emma, my mother, you were my support, my any-day-ran-to, it never crossed my mind that you would leave this early, I am pained and words fail me at this point. At the one week celebration I saw members of the Women’s Fellowship in uniform. I walked to the front expecting the usual hug and the big smile, happy to see me and many others, but no, there was no hug, no smile just sorrowful, mournful faces. Mother, my mother, are you truly gone? What am I supposed to do without you? Why didn’t you say goodbye? This is so painful to take, mother, my mother….😭😩 You indeed fought the good fight, Rest peacefully in the bosom of our Lord.

Tribute from Mt. Zion Methodist Girls Fellowship in honour of Mrs. Emma Hammond   Mrs. Emma Hammond was a devoted and selfless servant of God whose impact reached far beyond her home church. Though she was a committed member of Ebenezer Methodist Church Madina, she lovingly adopted the Girls Fellowship of Mt. Zion Methodist Church Teiman, as her own. With a heart full of compassion and dedication, she nurtured the girls spiritually, morally, and emotionally. She guided them with patience, encouraged them with wisdom, and played a key role in preparing and supporting them for enrollment, ensuring their growth and confidence in the church and in life. In order to speed up the enrollment which was anticipated to happen in December, she advised we resort to zoom meetings on the platform using parents phone, and Opanin Emma was the host. Alas on Sunday …… We expected to meet up with her on zoom but we were informed she was not well. We hoped to see her the following week at the usual time when she gets better but got the shocking news that she has joined her maker on the subsequent Tuesday …. Creating a deep vacuum . Her motherly love, generosity, and commitment to the upbringing of young girls will always be remembered. Mrs. Emma Hammond’s legacy lives on in the lives she touched and the seeds she planted.   May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Opanin da yie!!!    

” Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest  as they lie in death” Isaiah 57:2 Aunty  Emma Hammond,  as I affectionately called her, was a senior sister & a friend. We met at Ridge hospital (now called Greater Accra Regional hospital) in the early 2000s when I came on transfer from Tetteh Quarshie Memorial hospital as a very young intern Health Service Administrator. We cordially worked together and related as senior and junior sisters. Aunty Emna was very instrumental in the achieving of the hospital’s folders.  This gave those of us under studying her the opportunity to learn how documents,  such as patients holders could be achieved after ten (10) years.   She was always happy to teach and impact in a very professional way. We went our various ways to work in other facilities. As fate would have it, we met again at the GHS HQ in 2018. A big sister as she was, she would always ask me in in her impeccable Fanti” Tess )tse d3n?”. We would then go on with our Fanti pleasanteries and chit chats  bordering on our families and children.  Surprisingly, I later got to know that Aunty Emma knew some of my family members in the Wesleyan ( Methodist) church.  This deepened our friendship. We worked together on few projects & it was a delight carrying out official assignments for her. She coordinated the placement of Ghana College of Nurses & Midwives (GCNM) Year 3 Residents program at the GHS HQ to help the Residents familiarize themselves with activities at the various Divisions of the Service. Aunty Emma retired in 2024 and because of the bond we shared, we occasionally checked  on each other.  It came as a blow & shock when a colleaque and a sister asked me to check whether the news of her demise was true. I could not bring myself to believe it so I called her  home only for the sad news to be confirmed. Aunty Emma, I cherish the friendship that we shared, your affable spirit, the hearty & radiating smile you always put on. I have lost a senior sister & a friend,  but Heaven has gained  a precious  gem. I vividly remember your dance at the last HQ end of year staff durbar. It’s extremely difficult to say Goodbye. You’re greatly missed. Rest well Senior Sis Nantsew yie Onua dofo A sweet repose in the Lord, Aunty Emma Junior Sis, Theresa Sekoh