Obituary: Andrea Gail McCail, early years education champion
Born: 5 July, 1933 in Leeds. Died: 25 June, 2014, in Edinburgh, aged 80. When Gail McCail’s young daughter found settling at nursery a challenge, it was the catalyst that sparked a lifetime’s interest...
View ArticleObituary: Professor William Stewart Hillis OBE
Doctor to the Scottish football team. Born: September 28, 1943. Died: July 21, 2014. Professor William Stewart Hillis OBE, who has died aged 70, had been looking forward to the Commonwealth Games more...
View ArticleObituary: Rev Dr Alexander Lawson
Rev Dr Alexander Lawson, who has died at the age of 92, was a minister in Clydebank for 33 years. Alexander Lawson was born in Toronto but returned with his parents to Scotland where he was educated in...
View ArticleObituary: Revd Murdoch MacKenzie
Minister and missionary. Born: February 23, 1938; Died: February 3, 2015. Murdoch MacKenzie, who has died in Edinburgh from leukaemia aged 76, was a minister who was at home in many different cultures,...
View ArticlePopular Kirk minister Rev Louise Duncan dies of cancer two days after last...
A much-loved minister lost her fight against cancer just two days after attending her final church service. Hundreds of people are expected to pack out Balerno Parish Church today to pay their respects...
View ArticleObituary: Jamie Stuart, actor and athlete who wrote The Glasgow Bible
Jamie Stuart, who has died aged 95 after a series of strokes, was an actor, writer, athlete, vacuum cleaner salesman, social worker, tour guide and Herald and Evening Times paperboy in his late...
View ArticleFormer SNP leader Gordon Wilson dies aged 79
Gordon Wilson Gordon Wilson, a member of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, died on Sunday morning, he was 79. Mr Wilson is survived by his wife Edith, whom he married in 1965, and their two daughters,...
View ArticleObituary: Rev Canon Lisa Eunson, American rector who made Scotland her home
Rev Canon Lisa Eunson Rev Canon Lisa Eunson, Episcopal rector. Born: 18 May 1954, in Tokyo, Japan. Died: 17 June 2017, in Banchory, Kincardineshire, aged 63. Rev Lisa Eunson was the Shetland-descended...
View ArticleObituary: Alan Ross, Church of Scotland minister, accountant
Alan Ross Alan Ross, a retired minister of the Church of Scotland died suddenly on 3 December while on holiday with his wife Kay in Cyprus. Born in Renfrew to Hubert and Isa Ross, he was the younger...
View ArticleObituary: Kenneth Peat Forrest, civil servant and minister who lunched with...
Kenneth Peat Forrest Kenneth Peat Forrest, who has died aged 75, was a senior civil servant and minister of the Church of Scotland. He was born in 1942 and brought up along with his brother Gordon by...
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