This is the first picture of a ‘loving mum’ who was found dead in a cemetery.

Ann Blackwood, 71, from Lee-On-The-Solent died at Crofton Cemetery in Stubbington on Monday.

Her family have described her as a ‘loving, caring, kind-hearted mother and friend’.

They said: ‘Her daughter, brothers, their families and all her friends are absolutely devastated by the loss of Ann Blackwood.

‘A loving, caring, kind-hearted mother and friend who was very popular in her local community, she was enjoying her retirement with an active lifestyle which included tennis, sailing, cycling and music’. 

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‘She was enjoying her retirement with an active lifestyle which included tennis, sailing, cycling and music’.