MARJORIE Harper, a former headmistress of three Somerset schools, has died at the age of 92.

Mrs Harper began her career as a supply teacher, and her first headship was at Curry Mallet Primary School. After two years there, she spent 12 years as head at Stoke St Gregory, where she raised money for its first outdoor swimming pool, before taking up a position at Friarn Road Infants School, in Bridgwater. She retired in 1982.

Mrs Harper's husband, Geoffrey, who died in 2009, was head teacher of North Curry Primary School for nearly 30 years.

To read a full obituary, see this week's Somerset County Gazette.