John Hannis, who repesented Chipping Norton over decades on both Oxfordshire County and West Oxfordshire District councils, has died aged 83.
A former bus driver, he was also a mayor of the town in which he lived all his life, as well as a stalwart of the local branch of the Royal British Legion.
A full obituary will appear in next Thursday's Oxford Mail.
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