A MAN who raised hundreds of pounds for an annual good cause and who, it is said, lived for raising cash for charity has died suddenly, aged 37.

In the run-up to the Royal British Legion's Poppy Day appeal every November, Tim Morris, who lived with his parents in Courts Close, Hanbury, would assemble between 15,000 and 20,000 poppies.

For a fortnight before November 11, he would sell then in the village's Jinney Ring Craft Centre, raising between £800 and £1,000 for Legion funds.

In grateful recognition of his service, the Stoke Works and Hanbury branch of the legion made Tim an associate member and presented him with a coveted county certificate.

Branch president, district councillor John Tidmarsh, from Stoke Prior, and chairman Ken Shaw, from Hill Lane, Bromsgrove, paid tribute to a man Mr Shaw said had "lived for his charity work".

"Eight years ago Tim volunteered to assemble poppies for us and he gained much pleasure from the work," he said.

Councillor Tidmarsh said Tim had done sterling work for the legion, particularly for the Poppy Appeal.

Tim's mother Jean said as a boy he had attended the village school and later Rigby Hall School in Bromsgrove.

He is survived by his mother, father George, brothers Anthony, David and Phillip and sister Carol.

A funeral service will take place today (Wednesday) at Worcester Crematorium at 11am.