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ANNSmallbone (77) lived locally all her life and spent 53 years in Barming. BornAnnGooch and raised on the


Foster Clark Estate, she a�ended Maidstone College ofArt andworked as a dressmaker in London. Shemet and married John, her husband of 55 years, and they raised childrenAndrewand Julia.Ann became involved in a range of local activities including the Brownies, forwhom she servedmany years as BrownOwl.


As the children got older,Annworked


in Ryders shop in Barming. Julia said: “My mother helpedwith theOver 60s Club for over 25 years. TheWRVS presented her with a badgemarking her long service. “We’ll remember her as kind and very


loving,with the ability to do things that were inadvertently funny. Lots of people have spoken of her kindness.” Ann leaves her husband, children and grandsonAlex.


Roy Town ROY Town (90) ofMadginford lived locally all his life apart fromnational service driving lorries inGermany. Born the fifth of a family of six children in Leeds hewent on towork in local driving jobs including delivering caravans forDavey’s ofHarrietsham, lorry driving for Blue Cap Foods ofDi�on and as an instructor for the Vern School of


Motoring inMaidstone before se�ing up his own school ofmotoring. Roywasmarried for 69 years toMay


andwas father to Ivan and Christopher. Son Ivan said; “My father loved bowling with South Park Bowling Club, and loved making others happy.He had a light- hearted quality that allowed himto get on


with anyone.He evenmanaged to conversewithmy next door neighbour in France despite neither of themspeaking the other’s language.Hewas devoted to his family.He lived inMadginford for 20 years and inDetling before that.” Roy leaves hiswife and son Ivan (son Christopher pre-deceased him).He also leaves grandsonsMa�hewandDaniel and four great-grandchildren.


Rosemary Curtis


ROSEMARY Curtis (75)was born in Pembury in 1943. She livedmuch of her childhood in Kent andWales, andmoved toMaidstone in 1966 with husband Brian. Theywere happily


married for 53 years and had daughters Melanie and Caroline, and four grandchildren. Caroline said:


“Workingwith children gavemy


mother great pleasure.After a short spell teaching, she began a 25 year career at St Luke’s Playgroup in Foley Street.Many of the people shemet there became her closest friends.” Rosemarywas diagnosed three years


agowith dementia, but continued to enjoy holidays and days outwith Brian. She passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve, at CornfordHouseNursingHome in Pembury,with her husband by her side. Brian describes Rosemary as “always


kind, caring and considerate”. Aswell as her husband, she is survived


by her daughters and grandchildren James, Julie�e, Ellie and Charlo�e.


Pat Ingarfield


make a page for the West KentWI Memorial Book in remembrance of Pat.” FriendAudrey


Browne said: “She was a very good friend and always willing to help people out.”


Her husbandMichael, a former


chairman of the parish council, died some years ago.Mrs Ingarfield is survived by three sons.


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GERRY Painewasmanager of Barclays Bank,Middle Row,Maidstone, fromthe early 1970s to 1983. He also served as treasurer of Kent


CountyAgricultural Society and, after his business retirement, as society director of finance. Hewas a long-standingmember ofMaidstone Rotary Club and served a year as president. Gerry leaves his daughters and hiswife


Jean,withwhomhe lived in Bearsted beforemoving toHarrietsham. Later,. they moved to Liskeard, Cornwall,where he died in his 90s.


Micky Taylor


MICHAEL Frederick “Micky” Taylor (77) ran a local business andwas known from years of local sport including a spell as a MaidstoneUnited player. Micky lived in


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