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TRIBUTES are pouring in for a 20-year-old ‘unique’ and ‘amazing’ Exmouth man who died on Christmas Eve after suffering serious injuries from a motorbike accident. Timothy John Cockett – known by his friends as Timmy - had been riding a 125cc motorcycle along Montpellier Road when it hit a number of parked cars and a brick wall. |
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TRIBUTES are pouring in for a former Exmouth school pupil who died on his birthday when his car ploughed into a pub wall on Saturday evening. |
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A GUARD of honour stood in silent tribute at retired Exmouth firefighter Phil Webber’s funeral. Mr Webber retired after 30 years in the service in July 2004 after joining up at the age of 22. A packed chapel at Exeter Crematorium heard how Mr Webber, from Cullompton, died suddenly earlier this month. |
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THE Lympstone community has paid tribute to a much-loved former plumber who died after falling in a brook near his home. The tragic death of David Stone, 68, has left friends reeling from the loss of a man who dedicated 50 years of his life to Lympstone Football Club. |
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COMEDY actor and Budleigh Salterton resident Reg Varney has died aged 92 after a short illness. |
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TRIBUTES are pouring in for ‘lovely, bubbly, caring’ Emma Bright who died aged 20. |
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A BRIXINGTON super-gran diagnosed with terminal cancer who defied her illness by organising a whirlwind of charity events to help other sufferers has died. |
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Nostalgic night clubbers have joined forces to leave tribute messages honouring an Exmouth nightclub which has closed. |
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TRIBUTES have started to pour in for an Exmouth ‘star’ Devon Air Ambulance pilot who died after he was thrown from his motorbike at the weekend. |
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ONE of Exmouth's most loved and well known residents, the "Squirrel lady", Diana Lendon, has died at the age of 87 |
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TRIBUTES are pouring in for a 35-year-old ‘one-off diamond with a heart of gold’. Daniel Cockrell died, surrounded by his family, in the early hours of Sunday after an operation proved too much for his heart to bear. |
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SCORES of motorcyclists from across the country joined a funeral cortege for Budleigh Salterton ‘gentleman’ John Taylor, who died on Sunday, September 28. |
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TRIBUTES have been pouring in for an Exmouth DJ who died after being struck by a train. |
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David Rendell, of Cyprus Road, Exmouth, tragically died on Sunday. |
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Mum-of-five Susan Dare, 43, died after an alleged hit-and-run accident in the early hours of Sunday as she walked home with friends after a night out in Littleham. |
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WELL-KNOWN former champion golfer Bill Thomas, who lived for many years in Budleigh Salterton, has died. A member for many years at East Devon Golf Club, Bill, and former special policeman, will be fondly remembered for his great personality and reminiscing of the old days. |
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THE former matron of Budleigh Salterton hospital has died, aged 94. Emma Elizabeth Hexter (nee Ellett) was born on April 29, 1913, in Exmouth, and as a child lived at Liverton Farm with her two brothers, George and Ernest, and attended Exmouth Grammar School. |
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THE life of a former Exmouth businessman was celebrated by more than 200 friends and family members last week. Graham Cooling, who founded Aspect Windows with his wife Nina in Exmouth, died at home on March 1. He had been diagnosed with cancer in summer 2007. |
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BRAVE Brixington teenager Leanne Pannell has lost her fight with a rare progressive illness, six years after being given just 18 months to live. |
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FORMER world-class amateur boxer, army campaigner and tank commander in the North African theatre Michael Cavanagh has died following a short illness. |
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TRIBUTES have poured in for the son of an Exmouth businessman who was killed while on duty in Afghanistan |
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Brixington grandfather Bob Davis, who battled Devon Primary Care Trust to be allowed a life-prolonging cancer drug, has died.
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A former teacher at Exmouth Community College, who spent two decades as head of modern languages and was instrumental in the changeover from grammar school to comprehensive, has died at the age of 79.
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RESPECTED Exmouth businessman Tom Riggs has died, aged 80, three decades after arriving in town to shed light on homes with a new store.
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Jim Shapter, a founding member of the modern town council, and driving force behind so many social groups and outdoor courses for youngsters, died aged 80, after battling illness.
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HUNDREDS of people packed Littleham Church to say their last goodbyes to local campaigner Reg Hill, who died peacefully in his sleep, aged 101.
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