Family and friends gathered today for the funeral of former world rally champion Colin McRae and his five-year-old son, Johnny.
Formula 1 racing legend Jackie Stewart, Rangers and Scotland football captain Jackie Stewartand IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti were among the mourners. BreakingNews.iol
The bodies of McRae, 39, and his son lay in the same coffin which arrived in a three-car cortege.
McRae’s wife Alison and daughter Hollie, his father Jimmy and other relatives then walked into the chapel amid the sounds of “Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay,” by Otis Redding, one of McRae’s favourite songs.
The service was in part conducted by Reverend Tom Houston, who married McRae and his wife.
Mourners included Mark Porcelli, father of six-year-old Ben Porcelli, a friend of McRae’s son who also died in the September 15 crash of the driver’s Squirrel Two aircraft in the grounds of his Lanark home in southern Scotland. AFP
Mr McRae was Britain’s first rally world champion in 1995 and is the son of five-times British rallying champion Jimmy McRae.
One of Colin’s favourite songs, Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding, was played as the family entered the church. Product-Reviews.net
McRae’s widow Alison, nine-year-old daughter Hollie and five-times British rallying champion father Jimmy stepped outside the first car and into the chapel.
Other family members, including rally driver brother Alister, followed close behind.
The family had asked mourners not to send flowers, but instead to make donations to Make A Wish, Brave Heart Children’s Trust and The Children’s Hospice Association of Scotland charities. TheSun.co
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