Obituary: Mike Hewitson

8:28am Tuesday 1st February 2011

A tribute to Mike Hewitson submitted by Harry Truman.

Obituary: Colin John Waudby Griffin

8:30am Wednesday 20th October 2010

COLIN John Waudby Griffin died on October 6, 2010, aged 78.

Obituary: Margaret E Way MBE

Margaret Way

12:22pm Tuesday 20th July 2010

THE many friends and colleagues of Miss Margaret Way MBE are mourning her death which took place on Monday, at The Manor Nursing Home, Bishops Hull, at the age of 92.

Obituary: Mrs Eva Gadd (née Binding)

4:12pm Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Mrs Eva Gadd (née Binding).

Obituary: Sydney Haynes

Sydney Haynes

12:34pm Monday 15th March 2010

SYDNEY Haynes, headmaster of Queen’s College, Taunton, from 1953 – 1974, has died aged 97 at a nursing home in Taunton. Present headmaster Chris Alcock said: “For many Old Queenians, Sydney was simply ‘Mr Queen’s’.

Obituary: Barry Custance Baker

Barry Custance Baker

8:53am Tuesday 9th March 2010

Barry Custance Baker, who had lived in Trull for over 50 years, died at home on December 27 aged 94.

Obituary: WRG (Bill) Pearse

Bill Pearse

12:23pm Thursday 14th January 2010

ONE of Taunton's favourite sons, Bill Pearse, died on January 3 at the age of 85.

Obituary: Chris Clarke

12:16pm Thursday 14th January 2010

Sir Chris Clarke OBE 1941-2009 SIR Chris Clarke dedicated decades of his life to the simple task of helping people make the most of their own lives and in particular to giving society’s less fortunate the chances they need to escape the traps of their misfortune, whether imposed by poor education, ill health or just a social environment that offered too little hope.

Lionel Charles Ewens 1918-2009 : Taunton fighter pilot, glove manufacturer and sportsman

Lionel Ewens

12:22pm Tuesday 24th November 2009

LIONEL Ewens, who died aged 91, was an old boy of Huish’s Grammar School who became a fighter pilot in the World War 2 afterwards becoming the fourth generation of his family engaged in glove making.

Mr John Williams Garland

10:34am Wednesday 4th February 2009

A THANKSGIVING service for the life of John Williams Garland was held at Temple Methodist Church on Saturday, January 17, following a cremation at Taunton Crematorium. He passed away, aged 88 years, on January 5 at St George’s Residential Home, Taunton, where he had happily lived for the last 15 years of his life and where he enjoyed excellent care.

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