I just found out about Sylvester’s passing.  My heart is breaking and goes out to Sylvester’s family so do my prayers and condolences.  Sy was a fantastic guy - who made this temporary employee at FMC-KOS the best time I ever had.  R.I.P. Sylvester 

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

I love you Daddy May you RIP in Heaven with god

We shall forever put you in our minds. it's hard to believe you are gone. May your soul rest in perfect peace.Amen Theresa Joan, Nigeria

Sylvester, thank you for the laughs we had and always getting everyone around to smile.  And no matter how many times I called you, your answering machine always got me.  I will miss you my friend.
To the family, I am sorry for your loss.  Always remember he does live on in our hearts and memories.
God Bless you.

Sly(Sola), My brother, my mentor. You made working at FMC very interesting and opened a lot of doors for me. I will miss you. I pray God gives your family the strength to get through this.

You know God is good all the time.  My friend had a beautiful Home Going celebration!  To God belongs all the glory!  Thank you Earthman Resthaven Funeral Home for you surely allowed my Friend to be put a way with DIGNITY!  Your service and concern for the Family was exceptional.  You did your best to make everything that the  Family  requested were met.  May God continue to bless your compassion and perfection, in the way you endeavers in encounter for other loved ones'

Just EXCEPTIONAL!!!!!

Rev. Brenda Lipscomb

Great friend, great mentor and great man. My brother Sly, we will miss you. You will not be forgotten. God bless you and your family.

Thank you Sylvester for being a great mentor and friend. I am so sorry I never got to say goodbye. I pray that you are at rest with your Heavenly Father.

Your passing will not only leave a void in our lives, but in the hearts of everyone who knew you.

Your memory will always remain deep within my heart.

Will miss your friendship Syl. To his family, my family express deepest regrets. Such a wonderful, kind guy.

Sylvester was a great man that will be missed.  It was always a pleasure to be a part of team with him.  You will not be forgotten...  Rest in peace my friend.

Sylvester was a good friend that I knew for many years, I always left with a smile on my face and warmth in my heart after our many conversations. God Bless

Sly, I still can not believe you are gone from us here but I know who you with GOD now, so you are in a better place. I will miss your wisdom, your sense of humor, and the way you told it strait all the time. You helped me feel at home in Yorubaland and I will never forget.   

Keisa, I am so sorry for your loss. Know that GOD is with you and that he does not put anything on you that you can not handle so stay strong in the Lord and stay in prayer.

You were loving, kind and wonderful, i will surely miss you.
Rest In Peace.
Wunmi Gbadamosi.

Too bad you had to leave so soon. I am confused but God knows it all. The brief moment we had together will forever be treasured in my heart. How could anyone forget Sly? If anyone was down, you made it your duty to cheer them up, you were an epitome of an ideal colleague. Your inestimable contributions at the HSE meetings...how can I forget those? I will always work with those things you thought me about how to be better on the job. I will miss you and your cheerfulness. Keep resting in the Bosom of our Lord.

It is very sad to know that you are no more on this planet. I am grateful for your advice, kindness and of course i will miss your jokes.. 
You really touched lives when you were with us on this earth even  though it was very brief. I will miss you very much, keep resting in the bosom of the lord.
Ijeoma Moore(Lagos, Nigeria)

Sly,
It will take us a very long time for us to come to terms with your depature, Sly. You were more than a friend. Rest in peace, brother.

It can be so hard to face the first year without your loved one, but the love of family and friends can carry you through.

You were amazing, loving ,helpful and a humble man...your family will always be in my prayers.RIP Sly...your jollof rice will surely miss you ALOT!

Your passage was unimaginable especially when you re-united with us after a long while.  We enjoyed your long-awaited re-union and was basking in the euphoria before the unimaginable happened. You have run your race and like the lightening bolted away un-announced.  Continue to rest in the bossom of the Lord until we meet to part no more.
Adieu, my beloved brother.  Martin Adebiyi Joan [Kaduna, Nigeria]

When i first met you at the Lagos office, i was humbled by your unassuming and simple appearance. i wished i would meet you again. But God knows and does the best. May your family be consoled by the Lord and may He rest your gentle soul.

Till now, I find it so hard to believe you are GONE. I will never forget those times we share together for that short period u stayed with us in Nigeria,though I never had the opportunity to say GOODBYE. Rest in the bossom of our LORD.

It was great fun working with Sly. I enjoyed his great sense of humour ; especially when it was done in "pidgin english". I miss you bad, bad! Go well and may God take care of those you left behind especially your immediate family members.

May his soul rest in peace.The lord will visit the entire family both home and abroad he will comfort and be a husband for the  wife he has promised to be a husband of the widow.God bless and keep the children.

Sylvester was a great friend all these years working together.  You will always be part of our prayers.  We miss you, my friend.

Sylvester was a good friend for many years.  I will miss him very much and cherish his memory even more.

"Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him."-1 Thessalonians 4
I love u uncle and I always will I still can't wrap my mind into believing that you are gone I feels like a bad dream that I can't wake up from I will see you again someday. I love u too auntie n tete

I always enjoyed working with Sylvester at FMC. He had a nice sense-of-humor and was very helpful to me whenever I needed his advice. I was so sad to hear of his passing. I will keep Sylvester and his entire family in my prayers. God bless you all.

You have my sincere condolences.  It was a pleasure to know and work with Sylvestor.

Louis Vickio (Houston Texas)

Sly, we are going to miss you here at FMC.  I was looking forward seeing you around again this November.  Godspeed, my friend.

Sylvester was a wonderful man.  I was blessed to have had the opportunity to work with him.  Sylvester will be greatly missed.  
My heart-felt sympathy to Mrs. Joan and their family. May God help you find peace.

Sylvester was a good friend and fabulous mentor.  I am forever grateful for all the wonderful opportunities he gave to me.

You will always be in our thoughts and prayers....

Sylvester was a good man and I am happy to have had the chance to know him and I will miss our occassional discussions about what ever was on our mind at that time at work.

My prayers are with your family.

Until we meet again my sweetheart, I LOVE YOU! R.I.P.

To my Friend, I never got a chance to say good bye.  You traveled so far I could not talk to you and now you are gone, but never to be forgotton.  I will miss that voice and the many trips we shared together.  I love you, your wife and family.  We are all taking this very hard, but we know now that you are resting with the Lord, because absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.  I will see you on the other side! God said He would wipe our tears away.(BFF)

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Sylvester Adesola Joan

September 7, 1953 – October 12, 2012

Earthman Resthaven Funeral Home & Cemetery

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