Earlier this month my Uncle Buck passed away.  He was a typical Brown: fairly quiet with an “ornery” sense of humor, and often answered a question with, “I really don’t know much about that.”  Named after his father, Charles Weldie Brown, it is unclear how he acquired his nickname Bucky.  When I asked Buck about it, even he wasn’t sure.  My sister vaguely remembers my father, Buck’s brother, telling a story about how Buck got his nickname; it was somehow related to hunting.  This seems plausible as Buck was an avid hunter and would be out on the first day of deer season to get his buck.
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