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Jerry Simo is this year’s recipient of The Melvin Jones Fellowship. Named after the founder of Lions Clubs International the Fellowship is LCIF's highest honor and represents humanitarian qualities such as generosity, compassion, and concern for others.  Jerry has been an active member of the Club for 10 years, was past President in 2005 and today is District 25-E1 Leader Dog Trustee, co-chair of the Concession Booth at the Playhouse, Fun Day at the July Fireworks event, responsible for bringing the Circus to Nashville every two years and more importantly our most active sponsor of new members to the Lions Club.  Congratulations Jerry on a job well done and serving the community and club in such an outstanding manner.

John V. Davis is this year’s recipient of The Melvin Jones Fellowship. Named after the founder of Lions Clubs International the Fellowship is LCIF's highest honor and represents humanitarian qualities such as generosity, compassion, and concern for others. 

John has been an active member of the Club for 15 years, was past President in 2000 and today is committee chair of PRIDE2 ABC, an activity of Lions volunteers who have Pride squared, i.e. pride in representing the Lions club in helping to keep Nashville sidewalks clean, pride in their work and ABC (Ambassadors of Brown County) promoting tourism by their activity and engaging visitors.  Pride2 ABC has logged over 2000 hours of street sweeping since its inception".

Accepting their awards as Melvin Jones Fellows are Brown
County Lions Club President Ray Laffin and his wife, Judy,
at left, and Lion Secretary Bob Nixon and his wife Nancy.

Lion President Perry Olds, left, presents Melvin Jones Fellowship
Awards for 2001 to two veteran members of the Brown County Lions
Club: Lion Joe DeWees, center, a member of the club since 1959, and
Lion Stu Huffman, a member since to 1971. DeWees is retired Nashville
postmaster and Huffman is employed at the Indiana Department of
Education.

The award is named in honor of the founder of Lions International and
recognizes dedication and years of volunteer Lions Club service.
We honor and acknowledge the men and women who, through their dedication are listed herein:

Melvin Jones Fellows:

Italics indicates deceased

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