Funeral & Burial Arrangements for Mr George Cornhill

Dear all,

The funeral gathering will be at the family home of the Cornhills' in Monze Town. For the moment, close family members are gathered at the residence of the son in law University of Zambia Great East Road Campus Lecturer's compound.

Mr Cornhill, a very well known and respected personality distinguished himself as a selfless individual in whom all the three governments of Dr Kenneth Kaunda, first and second republic and Dr Frederick Chiluba, third republic saw it fit to appoint him chairperson of various quasi-government institutions namely National Agricultural Marketing Board [Namboard], Maamba Collieries, Lands Board of Zambia, Zambia State Insurance Corporation [ZISC], and Southern Water and Sewerage Company, among others.

President Rupiah Bwezani Banda extolled Mr Cornhill as a great person and personal friend in his message of condolences to the Cornhill family.

On Thursday morning the funeral procession will leave St Ann's Funeral Palour for St Ignatius Catholic Church in Rhodes Park for a Church Service at 11 hours. Immediately after the service, the body will be driven to Monze where it will lay in state at the family home. Another church service will be held in his honour at the Roman Catholic Church on Friday.

The name Cornhill is synonymous with Monze, a place that he loved and lived from his youth onward into his old age. Mr Cornhill died of a kidney problem at the age of 78 in Lusaka where he had been receiving medical attention for over three months.

The requiem mass in Monze on Friday will commence at 0900 hours, and burial will follow and take place at Mubanga Farm, five kilometres on Chikuni/Canisius Road from Chisekesi, where his mother was put to rest.

Mr Cornhill took over from Mr Daniel Munkombwe who was My Home Town (MHT) Chairman at the inaugural meeting in July 2007. Mr Cornhill was the Vice Chairperson and assumed the chair when Mr Munkombwe took up political office as Southern Province Deputy Minister early 2008.

MHT will be represented in full force with delegations from Choma, Ndola and Lusaka to be led by First Vice Chairperson Mr Gilbert Chibambula, Managing Director Mr Silas Mungala and Consultant Media and International Relations Mr Humphrey Lombe.

Humphrey Lombe

Consultant Media, Communication
And International Relations