| Location | Crieff .perthshire |
| Age | 30 years |
| Date of Birth | 7/1976 |
| Date of Death | 8/2006 |
| Visitors | 24,717 since 19/08/2006 |
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This web site is dedicated to Craig Lee Paterson born 1976 in Dechmont, West Lothian. Only son of
Matilda & Iain Paterson, brother to Vicki and uncle to Keiran.
Craig was the victim of a fatal motorbike crash on Wednesday 16th August 2006. in Perthshire.
Mr Paterson, from Crieff, who had been aiming to become a paramedic, was pronounced dead at the
scene.
His wife Claire described her former army medic husband as a fun-loving and devoted family man.
Mrs Paterson, 28, a staff nurse at Perth Royal Infirmary, said the couple had married just over a
year ago and were looking to start a family.
She said: "Craig was a real joker and was always playing pranks of one kind or another on
people. He had a great sense of humour.
"He wasn't one to follow the crowd and was never frightened to express how he felt."
The couple first met in 2001 when Mrs Paterson was in her final year as a student nurse and saw him
while she was out on duty with ambulance crewmen.
Two years later they met again and became a couple, before marrying in Perth in May 2005.
Mr Paterson, who was born in Dechmont, West Lothian, grew up in Fife and Perthshire.
That song!!!
Hi m8.
Not posted for a while on here, sorry!!!
I just got home and on the way home that song was on the radio again. It's a great tune but it isn't easy to listen to, so I turned the radio to a different station and it was on that channel too!!!. So I hit the CD button and guess what??..., Snow Patrol CD was in there!!!.
Weird!!!. Stay safe m8, still missing you loads.
Just passing through and wanted to let you all know that I'm still thinking of you and Craig.
Take care xxx
Thinking of you mate
Craig, the touching words here overwhelm me.
I will be thinking of you tomorrow and sheding many tears throughout, I'll try and split them up fairly between you and Johnny.
It's always the good guys that are taken away so quickly and unfairly, you and Johnny are those guys.
Missing you and Johnny more than ever, but the strength we will all draw to get through tomorrow is there and will be called upon to help us. God bless you both.
it will never get any easier...
Alot has happened here Craig as you know, some good and some bad but thats part of life. But when a death happens its such a hard thing to ever get passed. I have to say the nightmares of your accident still haunts me to this day. Anyone that assumes that it must be getting easier is so very wrong. But Im lucky to have had the best marriage ever and im lucky to have been your wife, I recall conversations we had before you died so i guess thats what gets me thro another day cause i know what you wanted. Im gonna make sure that the life i have left will be full just like yours was, or this is been a waste. I hope that one day the nightmares will stop but there isnt a day that goes past that i dont think about you or talk about you. I will always love you and no one in this life will ever take my memories of you away . I imagine you to be working hard as normal and riding very fast on that damm bike of your causing havvock. I dont know if johnny was in to bikes but i reckon he is probably at the back of you. I hope he enjoys it more than i did. lol
TO GARY......I hope you can spare some time to be with Gary and the crews on friday. Gary My thoughts are you and with his wife and family and crew members. Im sure Craig is up there looking after John and lookind down on you all giving you the stength to see the day thro.RIP Johnny Craig will be looking after you im sure. x
Love you Craig always and forever xxx
thoughts are with you gary
Just to say my thoughts are with you and your colleagues this week and to Mr Nobles family. Take care xxx
So Sorry
Gary im so sorry to hear. I heard it on the radio like so many people did with Craig and as it always is you never realise just how close to home it is. I hope you'r doing alright, probably not but i hope you are.
Take Care
Love Vicki xx
I have not turned my back on you,
So there is no need to cry.
I'm watching you from Heaven,
Just beyond the morning sky.
I've seen you almost fall apart,
When you could barely stand.
I asked the Lord to comfort you,
And watched him take your hand.
He told me you are in more pain,
Than I could ever be.
He wiped his eyes and swallowed hard,
Then gave your hand to me.
Although you may not feel my touch,
Or see me by your side.
I've whispered that I love you,
While I wiped each tear you cried.
So please try not to ache for me,
We'll meet again one day.
Beyond the dark and stormy sky,
A rainbow lights the way...
Tough times
Hi Craig. Hope you are still doing ok up there mate.
Had a simply awful week so far. One of the guys from my station was killed in a road accident on the way to a shout in our pump from Alloa on the 23rd. Another is critically ill in the Southern General and one is in Stirling Royal. It's like Aug 2006 all over again, so hard to believe and take in. It's just awful and we are all having a tough time dealing with it. It was bad enough for me at the time when you went but I now know how your collegues felt. If you meet Johnny Noble up there, say Hi to him, he's one of a kind and I think you pair would get on well together.
Hope you didn't have to work too hard
Hey Gary, As I said I hope you didn't have to work too hard. Hope everyone had a good time wherever they were. Thinking of you Craig...love and miss you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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