Chairman of Council Settled in West After Travelling the World ; Gerard Parkes Heywood, Who Died in Torbay Hospital Aged 80, Was a Man Who Had Travelled the World, Worked As a Rubber Planter and Farmer and Found Contentment in South Devon, Where He Became Chairman of South Hams District Council.

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Gerard Parkes Heywood, who died in Torbay Hospital aged 80, was a man who had travelled the world, worked as a rubber planter and farmer and found contentment in South Devon, where he became chairman of South Hams District Council.

His happiest days were in the village of Littlehempston where he and his wife Jo lived for more than 30 years before moving to Ipplepen in 2000.

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Chairman of Council Settled in West After Travelling the World ; Gerard Parkes Heywood, Who Died in Torbay Hospital Aged 80, Was a Man Who Had Travelled the World, Worked As a Rubber Planter and Farmer and Found Contentment in South Devon, Where He Became Chairman of South Hams District Council.

Always ready to become involved in community affairs, they made many friends, particularly in Totnes, where Jo was Registrar for Births, Deaths ...

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