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Lion Neville Brown
Lions Club of Bonville Sawtell
Lion
Neville Brown of Bonville Sawtell Lions Club,
passed away on 22nd March this year.
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VALE, LION NEVILLE BROWN
Lion Neville was born in England in 1940 and
emigrated to Australia with his parents and siblings in 1952. He
became an Australian Citizen in 1982.
Neville joined the NSW Police Service in 1956 and
served in Sydney, Kyogle, Garah, Urunga, Lithgow, Katoomba and Tweed
Heads. He retired due to ill health in 1995.
He married in 1962 and has two children who in turn
presented him with four grand children and family life became his
major priority.
Neville had a great love of music and was a member of
the local "Sing Australia Choir". He also loved Australian Bush
Poetry and could and would recite it with great enjoyment.
He was a Charter Member of the Urunga Lions Club
where he filled the position of Tail Twister. Work commitments
prevented his attendance until he rejoined as a member of Bonville
Sawtell Club in 2002. He took on the positions of 3rd Vice
President, Mint Chairman and together with his wife Lion Shirley,
took over the Catering commitments.
Neville died with Prostate Cancer on March 22nd 2008
after a three year battle. |
