‘A rock has fallen’ as coast mourns Neville Tutton
He lived an interesting life and could almost have been a character in a book, such were the adventures he got up to and ventures he got in to.
Well-known commercial expert and estate agent Neville Tutton (68) of Uvongo sadly lost his battle with cancer last week (24th).
Neville leaves his wife Beryl, son Mark (in the UK), daughter Gayle (in Australia) and grandchildren Jamie and Declan, his brothers Colin, Michael, David and Kevin as well as the rest of the family.
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He lived an interesting life and could almost have been a character in a book, such were the adventures he got up to and ventures he got in to.
Originally from Umtata, it was there that he met Beryl when they were at school together.
After school he joined the police force, but left to become a bakery manager when he got married.
The couple moved to the South Coast in 1977 and Neville worked again as a bakery manager.
Later he started his own security company, and then settled into the life of an estate agent, which suited his outgoing, people-loving personality perfectly.
Along the way he owned a few interesting establishments, including the Brass Bell, Wild Horse Saloon and Pig’s Ear.
Neville had a great sense of humour and had an ability to make people laugh, so there was always much merriment when he was around.
“He was very much a people’s person. He always loved being in company,” said Beryl.
Ironically perhaps, he also enjoyed spending time in his workshop, working with wood, or fixing, building and/or maintaining things.
It was for this reason that Beryl nicknamed him ‘Bob’, as in Bob the Builder.
Neville’s pride and joy was a vast collection of belt buckles that would make any country and western singer green with envy.
These were occasionally gifts from friends who travelled overseas, but they became his trademark.
Friends and colleagues described how people would often ask for the ‘the big man with the long sides and buckles’.
Typically, Neville always thought of others first and insisted he didn’t want to be in the paper – preferring that photos of his colleague Sandy Roodt appear instead.
She joked that, well, now he doesn’t have a choice… and because he was a ‘legend’.
His funeral was held at the Methodist Church in Uvongo on Thursday last week (2nd).
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