Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis.

They are Salvation Army officers

Margaret is a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician. 

They have served in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. Now, in retirement, they live in Bromley, in southeast London.

Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family mean a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.

Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their faith and experiences.


Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.

Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.

 

Here is Paul's most recent poem:

The Living Dead

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Written March 2019



Loved in life;

Mourned in death;

Honoured in eulogy;

Recreated in memories;

They live on where they have been

And with those they have loved,

Always somewhere.


 
March 2019


In traditional Zambian Tonga culture the dead carry on living with the family, the clan, the community.