Paige Doherty laid to rest amid colourful tributes

THE MOTHER of teenager Paige Doherty told mourners yesterday to turn their anger at her death in to cherishing the memory of her 'beautiful smiling girl'.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Apr 2016, 22:56 BST
Updated 21st Apr 2016, 00:00 BST
Mourners walk behind a horse-drawn hearse carrying the coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PAMourners walk behind a horse-drawn hearse carrying the coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA
Mourners walk behind a horse-drawn hearse carrying the coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA

Pamela Munro told about 600 brightly-clad friends and relatives packed into St Margaret’s Church in Clydebank for Paige’s funeral that her daughter’s “infectious personality” would always be with them.

The 15-year-old went missing from the West Dunbartonshire town last month and a man has been charged with her murder.

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The coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PAThe coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA
The coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA

In a moving eulogy, her mother told the congregation: “You see our daughter had a smile across her face every day and that’s exactly how she should be remembered. There is no room for evil any more.”

She urged the community not to let their feelings take over, to learn to “accept this tragedy” and “put that anger into remembering our beautiful smiling girl”.

She added: “Paige, you are now the brightest star in the sky. I can say I loved you with all my heart as did the man who raised you.

“He is a broken man now you are no longer here and I know you will be watching over him giving him all your strength to go on. He will never get to walk you down the aisle to marry the man you love but he has walked you to your final resting place and will carry you in his heart forever.”

The family of Paige Doherty asked mourners to pay their respects while wearing bright clothing. Picture: ContributedThe family of Paige Doherty asked mourners to pay their respects while wearing bright clothing. Picture: Contributed
The family of Paige Doherty asked mourners to pay their respects while wearing bright clothing. Picture: Contributed

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She finished with a touching tribute to the keen dancer: “Take a look around, this is all for you! Sleep tight our beautiful girl. Keep dancing in the sky and show heaven what an angel really is.”

Mrs Munro and her husband Andy asked mourners to wear bright colours and she arrived in a bright red dress while he wore a bright tie.

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Parish priest Canon Gerard Tartaglia led the service and told the family: “The whole community is praying for Paige and for you – her mum, dad and dear family.”

The coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PAThe coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA
The coffin of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. Picture: PA

Mourners lined the streets to pay their respects. Paige’s white coffin was piped from the church and carried to Dalnottar cemetery in a white horse-drawn carriage pulled by grey horses wearing pink plumed headdresses.

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