DEATH OF RON BROWNLEE AT 1O1

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By Martin Dempster
Tributes have been paid to Ron Brownlee, a former secretary of both the Lothians Golf Association and the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance, who died in an Edinburgh nursing home at the weekend at the age of 101.
An honorary member of Craigmillar Park Golf Club, where he celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends a year past May, Brownlee was one of the best-known figures in local golf for a lengthy period of time.
"He was a great man and probably had the best memory of anyone I've ever known," said close friend Bruce Henry, who regularly took Brownlee out for lunch at golf clubs in the Lothians along with Graham Ewart and Bob Kilgour.

"We'd get 125 or so people turning up for an Alliance event yet Bob still knew every one of them by their first name. He lived a good and healthy life but will definitely be missed."

New Zealand-born Brownlee, a former Chief Inspector with Lothians and Borders Police, was a member at Craigmillar Park for 60 years and was club captain there, as well as Dunbar, where he served as Henry's vice captain.

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