The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Lawyer was a well-known figure
Dundee solicitor Ross Paton, described as the life and soul of any party, has died aged 71. Born James Kinross Paton but known as Ross, he died suddenly on October 13 at his adopted home of Insh.
Raised in the West End before later moving to Broughty Ferry, he was educated at Dundee High.
He was a member of the school’s Combined Cadet Force ( CCF) and became pipe sergeant in the pipe band.
He also played rugby at school and for Dundee High FP as an adult.
Mr Paton read law at Dundee. He qualified as a solicitor at Shiell & Small in Dundee before joining J&J Scrimgeour.
In the early 1980s he joined the Fiscal Service, initially in Perth before becoming depute procurator fiscal for Dundee.
Remaining in this post until 1988, he then joined Shield & Kyd as a partner, managing the Arbroath office for 25 years until the merger with Lindsays LLP.
His career took him to the Dundee office on Bank Street and he retired as a partner in 2013 -14, remaining as a consultant until December 2017 in their new Seabraes office.
His military experience saw him rise to become acting major in the 51st Highland Volunteers A Company (Black Watch).
He held the role of session clerk at Roseangle Ryehill Church (now Dundee West) on Perth Road for 40 years, retiring in December 2019.
He was also in the choir for 55 years. He was vicepresident of Dundee Choral Union for just under 20 years and a member of the choir for 50 years.
He was a president at both the Dundee Round Table and High School of Dundee Old Boys Club, as well as a member of Dundee Rotary Club and chairman of Tayside Solicitors Property Centre.
Predeceased by his first wife Glenys in 2011, whom he married in 1979, he is survived by children David and Susie, and three grandchildren. Another son Andrew died aged 13.
Mr Paton leaves behind second wife Kate.