A horse-drawn hearse was used at the funeral of Raymond Baxter McPhee on Tuesday.
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For only the second time in 60 years, a horse-drawn hearse made its way through Fort William on Tuesday as the family of a Fort William man gathered at St Andrew’s Church in the town to pay their final respects.
Father-of-three Raymond Baxter McPhee was aged 26 when he died on Thursday June 14 at his home in Iona Court, Fort William.
On Tuesday (August 7), a private service was held in St Andrew’s Church in the centre of the town before he was laid to rest at Glen Nevis cemetery.
It was at the request of Raymond’s family to have the horse-drawn hearse as he was part of the travelling community. This was only the second time in 60 years that a horse-drawn hearse has been used in Fort William, the previous occasion being the funeral of Mr Baxter’s cousin, Sandra Gemmell.