STETSON – A. Clayton Brown, 66, died Nov. 25, 2006, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 17, 1940, in Stetson, a son of Allen C. and Eleanor (Killam) Brown Sr. He graduated from Corinna Union Academy, Class of 1958. Clayton served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1961, and then worked for a potato farmer in Corinna. Clayton married in 1966 and moved out of state, where he did construction work as a carpenter. In 1974, he moved back to Maine and did carpentry work and farming. Clayton was a selectman, code enforcement officer and building code officer for the Town of Stetson. He was the president, and for 18 years, trail master, for the Cross-Country Cruisers Snowmobile Club of Exeter. In 1994, he became a member of the Pine Tree Camp Snowmobile Hall of Fame. The Cross-Country Cruisers Snowmobile Club dedicated some of the ITS 83 trail in Exeter to him in the summer of 2006. In 1979, he joined the Pacific Lodge No. 64, Exeter, where he was master for three terms and held various chairs every year thereafter. In addition to his mother, Eleanor of Bangor, he is survived by his wife of 40 years, Gloria; two daughters, Tammy Buswell and husband, Brian and Cheryl Brown; a granddaughter, Carly Buswell, all of Stetson; two sisters, Jessie Walls and husband, Edward, of Bangor and Jennette Saulnier of Moncton, New Brunswick; one brother, Allen Brown and wife, Elaine, of Stetson; one aunt, Helen Killam of Moncton, New Brunswick; one uncle, Almon Brown and wife, Agnes, of Bangor; several nieces, nephews and cousins, including a special nephew, Derek Saulnier of Moncton, New Brunswick. At his request, there will be no funeral or visitation. A graveside Masonic service and committal will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the family lot at Clark’s Hill Cemetery, Stetson. In lieu of flowers, Clayton has requested donations may be made to Pine Tree Camp for Crippled Children, 114 Pine Tree Camp Road, Rome, ME 04963. Arrangements are by Crosby & Neal, Newport. To sign an online guest register, please visit www.CrosbyNeal.com
A. CLAYTON BROWN
