Appreciation of John Golder, who grew up in Stevenston, Ayrshire, and went on to succeed his father as manager of ICI’s Ardeer site.

“A man of principles and thorn in the flesh to those whom he deemed suspect of such, John was a committed Christian.

“Ordained an elder in 1977, he served for many years as a most able and active fabric convener of St Margaret’s Parish Church, Dalry, where a huge congregation at his funeral attested to the regard in which he was held.”

Full story at The Herald.

• Filed under Church of Scotland, Obituaries, Scottish Christian News Monitor.