Broughty Ferry centenerian and one of Scotland’s oldest women, Sheila Thomson, has died at 108.
Mrs Thomson passed away peacefully at Orchar Nursing Home in the early hours of Sunday.
Despite a couple of minor falls in recent months and spending her 108th birthday at the Royal Victoria Hospital, she retained her independent spirit into her final years, living alone at home until very recently.
She hit the headlines three years ago for still regularly driving to church at Invergowrie aged 105 as Britain’s oldest motorist.
The Rev Robert Ramsay, of Invergowrie Church, said she was an “amazing lady.”
“I’ve been on Tayside 13 years now and during that 13 years she has very seldom missed a service.
“Until three years ago she was driving to them. After that we arranged for someone to collect her each Sunday.
“Right up until a few days before she passed her memory was as clear as ever.
“Stories about Sheila Thomson are legion she was an amazing lady.”
Mrs Thomson was born in 1902 and spent her early life in Carnoustie before moving to Newport with her family, where she went to school.
She and husband Alec moved to Invergowrie at the start of the second world war and lived in the village for over 40 years.
They moved to Broughty Ferry in 1983 but Mrs Thomson was widowed soon after.
Her funeral is at the church on Monday at 2pm.