Island minister dies after being hit by car 20/5/14
The Rev Tom Sinclair who pastored at Stornoway’s Martin Memorial’s Church for 30
years has been killed in a traffic collision.
The 76-year-old minister, a commissioner at the General Assembly this week, was on
Waverley Bridge walking across the entrance road to Waverley station, when he was
in collision with a car.
The incident happened around 5pm just after Assembly finished for the day.
The Moderator, the Rt Rev John Chalmers remembered Tom and his family in prayers
at the start of the Assembly on Tuesday and assured the family that the prayers of
the whole Church would continue to be with them.
Mr Chalmers said: “The news of Tom’s death in such tragic circumstances came as a
terrible shock to the General Assembly. Tom Sinclair loved the Church of Scotland
and loved General Assembly, we mourn his loss and we commend his wife and family
to the care of the community of faith and to the grace God.
“Tom’s death is a painful tragedy for his wife and family and will come as real blow
to the Presbytery of Lewis which he was still serving as Presbytery Clerk.”
Mr Sinclair, originally from Glasgow, was clerk to the Presbytery of Lewis for over
30 years. He is survived by his wife Pam and a son Jonathan, 43 who lives in Edinburgh.
Their son Andrew died some years ago.
Mr Sinclair entered the ministry young after studies at Trinity College Glasgow.
He completed his probation in Aberdeen Holburn Central with the legendary Dr Knox.
His first parish was Scourie in Sutherland - (now known as Eddrachillis). He later
moved to Martin’s Memorial, Stornoway in the seventies.