‘Put heart and soul’ into community

Tribute was paid at the Carrickfergus in Bloom awards lunch to a stalwart member of Brighter Whitehead.

Alderman May Beattie, chairperson of the Parks, Countryside & Amenities sub-committee, told Town Hall guests that Canon Philip Bryan, who passed away in September aged 74, “put his heart and soul into all he did” for the award-winning community gardening team.

Brighter Whitehead was the winner of the Best Kept Community Planting Scheme, inlcuded are the Mayor, Alderman Charles Johnston, Councillor Isobel Day and Alderman May Beattie. INCT 45-799-CON BRIGHT

placeholder image — Brighter Whitehead was the winner of the Best Kept Community Planting Scheme, inlcuded are the Mayor, Alderman Charles Johnston, Councillor Isobel Day and Alderman May Beattie. INCT 45-799-CON BRIGHT

A former minister at St Bees Church of England, Cumbria, Canon Bryan was a member of Brighter Whitehead for a number of years. His funeral service took place at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Whitehead, on Friday, September 30.