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Bekende ‘oom Billy’ sterf aan kanker
Die bekende oom Billy Wilson (82), wat saam met sy vrou, Fébé, vir jare Big Five Bed en Ontbyt op die ou Belfastpad bedryf het, is Vrydag aan kanker oorlede.
Die egpaar was wel bekend op die dorp en almal sal onthou hoe onafskeidbaar die paartjie was.
• ’n Meer volledige berig verskyn ook in die Vrydag uitgawe van die Middelburg Observer.
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