At Charles Brumskine Funeral : Bishop Belleh Warns Against Negative Vices

By Bill W. Cooper
The Bethel Cathedral of Hope Bishop M. Wolo Belleh has warned the citizenry to do away with what he termed as “deception, animosity and undermining of one another, adding that politics has a way of dividing a nation, as he wants everyone to be peace ambassadors of the country.
He emphasized that everyone has a unique and distinct assignment in life that is different from another person’s assignment, stressing that if one does not understand the assignment of another person, that doesn’t mean that they should be criticized as life has a term and reference.
The Bishop indicated that it is good to have the right prospective of life, as it is also good to have the right prospective in life- stating that if anyone wants to succeed or make it, they should look up to God but not to act like them.
Bishop Bekleah made the call during the home going service of the late Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine, former political leader of the opposition Liberty Party (LP) at the Bethel Cathedral of Hope edifice on Friday, December 13, 2019 in Oldest Congo Town.
Speaking on the theme: “The things that matter in life, is primary as far as God is concerned,” the preacher man said that God is the architect and designer of life and never makes anything in vain, noting that the late Cllr. Brumskine’s time of life was purposeful and said that there is time for everything, to be born and die making reference to the book of Hebrew 9:28 which states, “And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
Paraphrasing a Facebook page phase, the Bishop stressed, “We are seated in a moving train as each one of us has an exit point in accordance with time, and if Cllr. Brumskine can be lying down in a casket today, who else cannot? As every person has a departure day.”
Additionally, he explained that life is a gift, and not just a gift, but has a source, and not just a source but a giver which does not emanate from below but comes from above in reference to Psalm 139:13-16.
The Bethel Cathedral Bishop then sent a caveat that Cllr. Brumskine has played his part and has finished talking- noting that it is time for everyone to pick up from where he stopped so that his legacy cannot go down the drainage.
Earlier, the former Vice President of the Republic of Liberia and the political leader of the opposition Unity Part (UP) who spoke on behalf of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Joseph Boikai mourned that Cllr. Brumskine who he describe as a “great fighter” will forever remain in the hearts of every Liberians, as he was a man of integrity, wisdom, principle minded and above all, had immense love for his country.
He added that knowing the late Cllr. Brumskine in the University of Liberia (UL) as a student, he was a man who would not want to compromise his integrity for anything and always wanted the right things to be done even if it hurts, as was manifested in the 2017 General Presidential Election when he felt cheated of fraud and irregularities and then decided to test the Justice system as a means of seeking redress in order to have a free, fair and transparent election in the future.
Also paying tribute, Charlyne, Charles and Walker who are the three children of the late Cllr. Brumskine cried that their father was a teacher, mentor, inspiration, a family personality and a God-fearing man who always wanted to see the best out of his family.
In tears, the children stressed that they never expected such a day would come as their farther always encouraged them to be God-fearing children, while at the same time promised their mother fills the shoes left behind by their beloved father in order to maintain and keep the legacy of their father who they described as an astute statesman.
The late Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine who was affectionately called “C. Walk or Borbor was born April 27, 1951 in Grand Bassa County, unto the union of Mr. Hannibal L. Brumskine and Mrs. Ethel Grove Brumskine. He was the oldest of nine siblings from that union and was a devout member of the Methodist denomination.
He started his Elementary Education at the Demonstration Elementary School in Grand Bassa and later enrolled at the Grand Bassa High School and graduated as the valedictorian of his class in 1969 and subsequently matriculated to the University of Liberia (UL) where he graduated with a BA Degree in Economics in 1973.
In consideration of his enormous contributions to the cause of humanity especially to the peace loving people of Grand Bassa County, the deceased won the Senatorial seat of Grand Bassa in the special presidential and legislative election in 1997 and subsequently elected as president Pro-tempore of the Liberian Senate in the 51st Legislature.
Some of the deceased’s achievements at the Senate included: sponsored legislation that increased the number of small and medium businesses in which Liberians could engage; successfully opposed the President’s grant of monopoly rights to certain businesses, and prevented the passage of legislation that would have prevented Liberians from suing financial institutions to recover their pre-war bank deposits among others.
Few years after, the late Cllr. Charles Brumskine returned to the country as stander bear of the Liberty Party (LP) and participated in the 2005, 2011 and 2017 presidential election and was defeated in all three. In his advocacy for good governance and economic equality, deceased Brumskine made the following impactful interventions: established and operate a fund in 1997as a means of alleviating poverty among indigent traders, mainly women, by creating and expanding access to trade credit from importers ordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.
He also established a scholarship fund, the Hannibal L. Brumskine Scholarship Fund, now renamed the Brumskine Family Foundation, which educates hundreds of Liberians and many of the recipients are today pillars of the Liberian society, serving both in government and the private sector.
He leaves to mourn his widow Estelle Vicki Brumskine, his three children: Charlyne Mnamah-mar Brumskine, Charles Wengboh Brumskine and Walker Phillip Lysandas Brumskine II; five grandchildren; his siblings; mother-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, constituent and the Liberian people at large.
The late Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine met his demise November 20, 2019 in the United States of America (USA) where he was residing after suffering from a protracted illness.