Sekondi, Jan 22, GNA – The death is reported of Mrs. Mavis Patricia Hayfron, mother of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s late wife Sally. Aged 101, she died on December 20, 2009 at her residence at Sekondi, Nana Ninsin-Imbeah 11, the Mfantsehene of Anloga and Oforikrom and spokesman of the family, told the GNA on Wednesday.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs Isabella V. Imbeah. Meanwhile, President Mugabe has expressed his shock at the death of Mrs Hayfron in a letter dated January 8.
The letter described the late Mrs Hayfron as “one of the greatest women that I ever had the opportunity to relate to”.
President Mugabe said she was a great mother, counsellor and advisor, pious and a God fearing woman.
Source: GhanaWeb
