The former president of Scotland’s largest agricultural show has left £3million to his family.
Turriff stalwart Bruce Ferguson died in a tragic accident at his farm at Ardmiddle Mains last March.
It is understood the 61-year-old fell into a grain storage tank.
Mr Ferguson was a long-serving secretary of the Turriff Show, and president in 2014 when the Queen visited for its 150th anniversary.
His tragic death rocked the close-knit agricultural community, with more than 500 people attending his funeral where he was remembered as a dedicated family man.
Now details of the father-of-two’s estate – which includes shares in Thainstone auctioneers ANM Group and various bank – have revealed he has left his £2,963,186 estate to his wife Kathleen and children Andrew and Lisa.
His son currently runs the family’s farming business on a day-to-day basis, while his daughter works as a pharmacist in London. She is also a noted athlete.
Tributes flooded in for Mr Ferguson after his death, with local community figures describing him as a “modest man” who would be remembered as a “true hero” within the agricultural industry.
They said without his passion and determination, the Turriff Show may not have become the huge success it is now.
At his funeral, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Right Rev Dr Robert Gillies described him as a “quite remarkable man”.
He said: “Bruce was essentially a family man, committed to everything he took part in, not least to serving and seeking to improve that community of which he was such a widely respected part.”