Daily Post.co.uk: Jessie Paisley honoured at funeral

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The wife of Liverpool FC's most successful manager ever was honoured by LFC legends past and present at her funeral.

Jessie Paisley was laid to rest on Thursday beside her husband Bob after a service to honour her life at the family's parish church in Woolton.

Jessie, who died on February 8, was the woman "in the background" and "maintaining a very happy family life in Woolton" while husband Bob was at the helm of LFC as they dominated domestic and European football in the 1970s and 80s.

Kenny Dalglish, one of Bob's greatest signings, attended the St Peter's Church service along with wife Marina and current Reds stalwarts Jamie Carragher and captain Steven Gerrard.

Former manager Roy Evans and players Ian St John and Ian Callaghan also paid their respects to the 96-year-old.

In a moving eulogy penned by the family and read by son Graham, the congregation heard about the life of the retired deputy headteacher.

Mr Paisley raised a laugh from those in the church when he said "Yes, my mother was a Wag".

The mother of three stayed in her own home after the death of devoted husband Bob on St Valentine's Day in 1996 and continued to "drive her little orange Micra until her late 80s", said Mr Paisley, himself a verger at the church.

He told the story of how his mother and father met when Bob put his greatcoat down on Jessie's sandwiches on a train to London in 1945 while serving in the Army.

Jessie was a constant support to her husband during his playing career and during his days on the LFC staff, when he became one of Bill Shankly's original Boot Room confidants before taking the top job at Anfield between 1974 and 1983.

In that time he won three European Cups - becoming the only manager to achieve such a feat - and six league titles along with a clutch of other prizes and honours for his no nonsense management style.

Mr Paisley said: "Mum got used to having an annual trip around the city with dad in an open-top bus at the end of the football season."

He also spoke of the great-grandma's pride at seeing her six granddaughters and one grandson graduate from university, and the family's shock at her sudden death.

"We just thought she would go on forever," said Mr Paisley.

Donations were made to St Peter's Church and the Alzheimer's Society.

Source: DailyPost.co.uk

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