REST IN PEACE DESSIE LOUGHREY
YESTERDAY SAW THE PASSING OF A TRUE LEGEND OF THE GREYHOUND WORLD WHEN DES LOUGHREY OF LIMAVADY, CO. DERRY PASSED AWAY AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. DES HAD BRED GREYHOUNDS FOR FIFTY YEARS AND HAD BUILT THE FARLOE NAME UP TO ICONIC STATUS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY. TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM HOWEVER HE WAS A VERY PRIVATE MAN, WHO SHYED AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT AND PREFERED TO LET HIS WORK DO HIS TALKING. HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR PEOPLE AND WAS NEVER TO BUSY TO OFFER ADVICE OR SUPPORT AND THIS WAS DUE TO HIS LOVE OF WHAT HE DID. EVRY YEAR HE WANTED TO BREED ONE FASTER THAN HIS LAST. FOR ME HE WAS BRITAINS GREATEST REARER/BREEDER BUT HE WAS ALSO A TRULY GOOD FRIEND. LIZ AND GOT TO KNOW THE LOUGHREY FAMILY VERY WELL AND DES, AND HIS WIFE BERNIE (WHO HE'LL NOW BE REUNITED WITH) INSTALLED VALUES AND PRINCIPALS IN TO THEIR CHILDREN THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THE LOUGHREYS KNOW THE 'RIGHT' WAY TO DO THINGS.
REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND, I, WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ....