Retired Cupar publican John Henderson has died aged 83.
Mr Henderson ran the Cupar Arms Hotel from 1958 until 1984.
He went on to run the Victoria Bar in Perth for four years before retiring in 1992.
Born in Methil in 1931, he attended Dollar Academy before going on to study at the Royal College of Agriculture.
In 1958 he gave up his chosen career when his mother Elizabeth Sleigh Thomson Henderson bought the Cupar Arms, and he jointly ran it with her.
Married to Janette in 1954, the couple raised two daughters, Margaret and Janet, and a son William.
William told The Courier that growing up around a pub was “fun and at times difficult”.
He said: “It was fun in that we had access to the hotel, the bar and the cellar but it was equally hard work for my father who worked long hours, morning noon and night, six days a week.”
William said work took up most of his father’s time but he was also a keen and very good darts player. The Cupar Arms team won countless Fife league competition.
He was also a founder member of Cupar Round Table and a member of Cupar Burns Club. He did not miss a Burns supper in around 50 years.
William added: “He was a very committed man. A very strong character. If he said he would do something for you, he would do it.
“He was always on time. He was very popular with his customers and very well known in the town.
“His customers were tremendously loyal to the business and he was loyal to them.”
In those days, Cupar was still a busy market town and many of the hotel guests were connected with the former Ministry of Defence listening station at Hawklaw and with the former Cupar agricultural market on Station Road.
Mr Henderson, who was a grandfather and great-grandfather, is survived by his wife, sister Christine and family.
His funeral takes place at St John’s Church, Cupar, at 2.15pm on Wednesday.