This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmes, Messent, Dee, MacDonald, Goddie Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/3196 Message Board Post: Halifax Chronicle-Herald – Tuesday, July 22, 1980 – Mrs. Fraser Homes – of 7th Street, Trenton died Monday in Aberdeen Hospital. Born in England she was the former Violet Mary Messent. She was a daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. George Messent. She was very active with the Ceilidh Pipeband formerly directed by her husband. She was a member of First United Church, Trenton. Surviving besides her husband are two daughters: Mrs. William Dee – Trenton; Joan (Mrs. Scott MacDonald) – Dartmouth; two sons: Andrew – Trenton; Alex – New Glasgow; two sisters: Mrs. Sylvia Goddie and Gertrude both of England; 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. The body is at R.H. Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow where funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial in MacPherson’s Mills Cemetery.