Tributes to a former Terra Ray Bumstead

MATCH MAGICIAN: Ray in his prime

10:00am Sunday 5th May 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to former Weymouth footballer Ray Bumstead who passed away peacefully in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital on March 17.

Academic was higher education pioneer

Dr Bernard MacManus

1:16pm Thursday 25th April 2013

A FORMER director of the Dorset Institute of Higher Education has died.

Decorated war hero

Bill Loud pictured during the war

1:12pm Thursday 25th April 2013

A BRIDPORT man secured his place in history as one of Dorset’s heroes long before his death on April 5.

Mary Moore

CENTENARIAN: Mary Moore

10:29am Friday 8th March 2013

A MUCH-LOVED sister, aunt and cousin, who lived in Wimborne all her life has died at the age of 102.

Rodney Wells

WAR YEARS: Rodney Wells

10:26am Friday 8th March 2013

WAR veteran Rodney Wells was born on January 3, 1921, and apart from during his active service spent his entire life in Bournemouth and Christchurch.

Percy White

NUCLEAR SCIENTIST: Percy White

10:27am Friday 8th March 2013

A HAMPSHIRE scientist who helped develop Britain’s first atomic bomb has died at the age of 96.

Bob Inman

Bob Inman

10:00am Wednesday 6th March 2013

A VETERAN British Rail signalman who worked at Corfe Castle and Swanage stations during the 1950s and ’60s has died, aged 87.

Allan ‘Rutchet’ Stone

AT THE ORGAN: ‘Rutchet’ at the keyboards

9:56am Wednesday 6th March 2013

A ‘Legend in his own lifetime’, Allan ‘Rutchet’ Stone, 79, died on Sunday, February 24, at his home in Easton where he was born and lived for his whole life.

Tributes are paid to two stalwarts of community

COMMUNITY STALWART: Daphne Bearman

12:00pm Tuesday 8th January 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to two community ‘stalwarts’ from Crossways.

Lifetime of service

COMMUNITY CHAMPION: The late Barbara Austin

8:29pm Monday 7th January 2013

TRIBUTES have poured in for former Lyme Regis Mayor and community champion Barbara Austin who has died suddenly.

Tributes paid to Echo stalwart Sheila

GREAT WORKER: Sheila Burt, who was the first telesales girl to work at the Dorset Echo

4:30pm Saturday 13th October 2012

SHEILA Burt, nee Carr, who was the first ever telesales girl at the Dorset Echo, has died following a period of illness.

An innovative pub landlord

SAD LOSS: Jim ‘Dusty’ Miller at the Weymouth Seafood Festival in July, 2012

3:00pm Friday 21st September 2012

WELL-KNOWN Chickerell resident and former publican Jim “Dusty” Miller has died at the age of 93.

A born entertainer

THAT’S MAGIC: Vic Banks is presented a glass Swarovski swan by Matthew Redding at Radipole Primary School

3:00pm Friday 21st September 2012

VETERAN entertainer Vic Banks has died aged 77 following a short illness.



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