A FORMER Rector of Honiton has died suddenly in hospital in Lewisham.

A FORMER Rector of Honiton has died suddenly in hospital in Lewisham.

The Reverend Robin Mark George Morrell died on Thursday last week after suffering a blood clot in a lung. He was 81.

Mr Morrell worked at St Paul's Church for most of the 1970s.

His funeral will be held in Blackham, Sussex, on Friday.