Bishop Hawkson buried, Daily Graphic March 5 , 2013

The Founder and General Overseer of the Jubilee International Churches and Ministries, Bishop Bob Hawkson, 65, who died last year while delivering a sermon, was given a private burial in Accra last Saturday.
Bishop Hawkson collapsed 25 minutes into the sermon at his church at Pig Farm in Accra on Sunday, December 23, 2012 and was rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he died.
Grief and a sombre atmosphere filled the Prison Training School as family members, friends, church members, bishops and reverend ministers from across the country, the United States and the United Kingdom paid their last respects to the deceased.
Also in attendance were renowned men of God, including Bishop Tackie-Yarboi of the Victory Bible Church; Bishop Eric Kwapong of the Eric Kwapong Ministries, Reverend Christy Doe Tetteh, Rev Dr Lawrence Tetteh,  Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako, Archbishop Hackman from the United Kingdom and Bishop Carl Smith from the USA.
One phrase which ran through all the tributes was that the deceased was “generous, kind and a selfless a man who always put the needs of others above his needs”.
“Bishop would always want to see people succeed, so he gave all to whoever needed him any point in time,” his elder brother, Mr Kweku Nkwantasisah, told the Daily Graphic.
Rev Dr Mensah Otabil described him as “a true friend who was generous and made his resources available when the need arises”.
Bishop Hawkson was ordained on  April 4,1976 by the Shiloh United Church of Christ and received a diploma at the United Pentecostal Evangelical Bible Comprehensive Course.
He also obtained a diploma from the Ministerial Training College of Shiloh United Ecclesiastical Bible College, London, and became a member of the Ministerial Training College of Advisory Consultants.
His children described him as an inspiration and source of strength that guided their path.
Bishop Hawkson, whose native name was Kofi Owusu Nyarko, was born into a royal family and his mother, the late Nana Nyarko Yaa, was a queenmother, while his late father, Kwabena Nkrumah, was a linguist at Denyaasi in the Ashanti Region.
The family described him as its pivot, while to the church members he was a spiritual father, coach and founder.
“We as a family have lost our most prize earthly possession in the ministry, our spiritual father, founder and leader. He was a father regardless of nationality, gender or standing,” the church said in its tribute.
Delivering the sermon, the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Rev Dr Mensa Otabil, inspired the bereaved family to have confidence and believe that the deceased was resting in the bosom of God.
Dr Otabil urged the people to give their lives to Christ so that they would be saved after death.
The late Bishop Hawkson was one of the pioneers of the Kumasi High Senior School.
He was the Presiding Bishop and General Overseer of Jubilee International Churches and Ministries which has its headquarters in Accra, with 10 local and three international branches.
He was married to Shirlene Hawkson and they had four children.
He was also a board member of the Regent University College of Science, Education and Technology in Accra,  a member of the board of the Regents of Shiloh Ecclesiastical Bible College and the founder/director of Operation Helping Hand-Ghana.