Alan Johnston lived life to the full.
Photo Len Hartley, Jingly Jangly Images
As it says in Matthew’s gospel: ‘By their deeds you will know them’ as a means of judging the character of a man. Alan Johnston did many deeds and many, many people know of them and how they have affected their lives. His last deed was to orchestrate the celebration of his life on Friday August 4 at St Molios Church with the help of his two children, Claire and Calum, to ensure that the many people who attended left the church not deflated at their loss, but elated at having known Alan and recalling their own personal memories of him.
Alan was born on January 9, 1964, at Rottenrow maternity hospital, Glasgow, the second son of Eileen and Forbes Johnston. He was a year younger than big brother, Gordon. The family lived in Giffnock for Alan’s first five years and it is then that he formed his lifelong love of Queen’s Park Football Club, being taken to Hampden by his dad to watch the Spiders.