30 Nov 1989
Funeral services for the late James MacPherson, 78, of Eastern Passage, Halifax County, were held on December 3, in St. Andrew’s Church, Eastern Passage. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Mr. MacPherson died on November 30 at home. Born in Livingstone Cove, Antigonish County, he was a son of the late John James and Annie (Gillis) MacPherson. He was a longshoreman on the Halifax waterfront until 1968. He is survived by his wife, Nellie eye two sons, John and Peter both of Dartmouth: four daughters, Anne (Mrs. Elmer) Thomas, Lower Sackville; Ellen (Nellie), Dartmouth, Mary (Mrs. James) Ward, Cole Harbour; and Margaret (Mrs. Kenneth) Sears, Ottawa: a brother, Alexander, Thunder Bay, Ont.; a sister, Gertrude Doyle, Antigonish; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sons, Martin Lawrence and Alexander Gillis; a brother, Hugh; and a sister, Molly McKeough.