{"id":97959,"date":"2025-05-13T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97959\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:54:13","slug":"fundraiser-set-up-in-memory-of-beloved-bristol-barber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97959\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser set up in memory of beloved Bristol barber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of pounds have been raised in his memory<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Mark-Demmery.png\" alt=\"Mark Demmery, a barber in Warmley, passed away suddenly from a brain bleed\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Mark Demmery, a barber in Warmley, passed away suddenly from a brain bleed(Image: GoFundMe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Family and friends are honouring the memory of a beloved Bristol barber following his sudden death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mark Demmery, who worked at Lee&#8217;s Barbershop in Warmley, was aged just 51 when he suffered a bleed on the brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Loved ones have launched a GoFundMe page to honour him and &#8216;give him the best send off possible&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The campaign has so far raised almost \u00a36,160 of the \u00a37,000 target, with 174 donations in just three days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fundraiser reads: &#8220;No parents should have to bury their child and to ease the burden we&#8217;ve set up a GoFundMe to honour Mark and give him the best send off possible that he deserves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The page goes on to detail that any money left over will be put behind the bar at The Dolphin pub in Oldland Common for loved ones to have a drink in Mark&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It&#8217;s also hoped that a bench can be placed in the beer garden of the popular local to become a place where those who knew Mark can sit and have a drink and &#8220;remember all the funny times and laughter they spent with Mark&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Donations will also be made to the Intensive Care Unit at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bath-and-north-east-somerset\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bath<\/a> RUH &#8216;for the fantastic care Mark received&#8217; and &#8216;where they fought so hard to save him&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sharing the GoFundMe page to its <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/facebook\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> profile earlier this week, the team at The Dolphin said: &#8220;Please support our dear friend Mark Demmery and his family in giving him the best send off he could ask for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There have been hundreds of comments across various Facebook pages and profiles remembering Mark, who was well known and loved in his local area, calling him a &#8216;true gentleman&#8217;, a &#8216;legend&#8217;, &#8216;one of a kind&#8217; and &#8216;the life and soul of the party&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/mark-demmery\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"You can donate to Mark&#039;s fundraiser via the GoFundMe page hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">You can donate to Mark&#8217;s fundraiser via the GoFundMe page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of pounds have been raised in his memoryMark Demmery, a barber in Warmley, passed away suddenly from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,457,16,15,32317],"class_list":{"0":"post-97959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-people","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-warmley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114500394559021923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}