Daniell M. Brown, now 70, was raised in rural Georgia, attended Emory-at-Oxford Junior College before becoming a Naval officer and jet pilot. Numerous duty assignments followed including stints in Florida, Newfoundland, Georgia, and California. After serving three tours to Vietnam (aboard aircraft carriers) he was assigned to Naples, Italy, for three years. He retired in 1976, to become an administrative executive in outdoor advertising and later, manufacturing. Dan and wife Becky live in and enjoy her hometown of Anniston, Alabama. Besides his Sheltie, Meg Ryan, his hobby is growing hostas, plants that love shade. He presently has over 100 varieties. Dan volunteers his time with the elderly and homebound of his Methodist Church. A “Kiwanian, ” he tutors in a grammar school and participates in other civic endeavors. Occasionally, he performs one-man, one-act dramas as “The Centurion at the Crucifixion” and “John Wesley.” Daughter Beth and son-in-law Doug will soon present a grandchild to enhance and liven his retirement years. Publication of “Dress Whites, Gold Wings” is the realization of a fifteen-year dream.
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