My Uncle Bill Rennie

My dear Uncle Bill died on Tuesday afternoon. He had many health issues connected with old age, but his death was sudden, when he was in hospital but hoping to get home shortly. My cousin Julie phoned me with the news and I feel very sad. Bill was such a nice man and he didn’t have an easy life. His Dad died when he was only six years old, and as the son of the family he was the only one of his siblings to attend the funeral. His four sisters stayed at home, as was traditional at that time in the 1940s, and when Bill arrived back after the funeral he spoke of the beautiful tassels on the ropes used to lower the coffin into the ground and what a shame it was that they were buried in the earth. He had his troubles in life although he was lucky to meet and marry his lovely wife Katy, who was with him to the end. But almost exactly 20 years ago his son Brice took his own life, and that was so hard for Bill, Katy and Abigail. Bill was a very clever man and was loved by his friends and many relatives. I have many very happy memories of him and my Mum loved her wee brother very much. He was a good man.