Obituaries

TRIBUTES have been paid to Bill Matthews – a Lymington veteran who served in the Second World War – after his death at the age of 95...

A FORMER magistrate and head teacher of Lyndhurst Junior School has died at the age of 90...

HELEN Davison, a former director of New Milton’s Forest Arts Centre and founder of Milton Musical Society , has died aged 93...

FOR more than three decades Stan Wade, who died last week aged 89, served Hythe and Dibden as both a district and parish councillor and a respected community stalwart...

A WELL-KNOWN community nurse who dedicated her life to helping others has died aged 61...

THE former manager of a care home in Lymington has died aged 48, just 11 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour...

FORMER nurse Nan Kemp who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal travelling scholarship which led to her working in hospitals in America and Canada has died aged 86...

ALAN Parker, a hugely respected figure in local golf circles and a well-known member of Brokenhurst Manor club for nearly 50 years, has died at the age of 88...

WORLD champion sailor and renowned yachting journalist and author Bob Fisher has died of cancer aged 85...

A NEW Milton bank manager who spent more than 40 years serving customers during his career has died aged 96...

LYMINGTON Rowing Club president Colin Fagan, who spent more than two decades with the organisation, has died aged 81...

FORMER New Forest police officer Donald King, who received a British Empire Medal for his gallantry in saving the lives of three teenaged boys, has died at the age of 87...

THE former owner of Webb’s Country Foods chicken processing factory in Lymington , Leigh Webb, died age 82 on Christmas Eve...

FARMER Roy Hunt, who was a popular figure at the New Forest Show where he organised the pig section of the local food and farming display, has died at the age of 80...

Dr Derek Browne retired in 2002 after 27 years as a GP A POPULAR and well-respected Brockenhurst GP who served for almost 30 years at the same practice…

Shirley Bolt travelled the world and raised money for charities FORMER Hythe GP and psychosexual therapist Shirley Bolt has died aged 86. Shirley was…

David Jupp DAVID Jupp, a popular sailor and former chair of the Friends of Hurst Castle, has died aged 77. Described by friends as an “exceptional man”,…

Jonathan Rogers HIGHLY respected Lymington GP Jonathan Rogers, who founded the town’s pioneering Wednesday Junior Sailing programme for youngsters of…

Michael Rickman won a second place merit award in a Crufts junior category. TRIBUTES have been paid to an “honest, hard-working and trustworthy” Sway…

  Norman Yates has died at the age of 93 A FORMER Sway parish councillor and chair of the village Conservatives group, Norman Yates, has died at…