Mary Jessie Harwood 1927-2018
Mary Jessie Harwood-nee Best, died on February 21st 2018, after a short stay in Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent.
Born on November 11th, 1927 in Chatham, Kent she moved to Gillingham and later Bredhurst Road in Wigmore. A secretary and doctor’s receptionist, in her spare time she held a weekly, ladies keep-fit class at the Smallholders Club, in Woodside, Wigmore for 47 years.
She married Stanley James Harwood, who was born in Hackney in 1928, on April 15th 1950. Stanley died, September 21st, 1995 at St Thomas’s Hospital, in Lambeth. A few years later she moved to Findlay Close, Rainham in Kent.
They had a son, Stephen James Harwood, who was born on June 29th, 1952. Stephen died on April 5th 1974 in Medway Hospital, after a motorcycle accident.
Mary was cremated at Medway Crematorium, Bluebell Hill, Chatham, Kent at 3.00 pm on March 12th, 2018. Afterwards, a reception was held at The Barn Yard Restaurant, at Gore Farm, Oak Lane in Upchurch Kent.
She is missed and loved by her daughter Julia Ann Gunnill and grandchildren: Stephen Jan Christian Harwood Venema, Samantha Louise Gunnill and Alexander Elizabeth Lee-nee Gunnill. Also her great granddaughter, Bethany Morrin, daughter of Samantha Gunnill and Dan Morrin of Ashford, Kent.