John Ross (Ross) Annabell

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🕯 Peter Bale lit a candle Dear Family of Ross Annabell, I wanted to tell you how much Ross meant to me and how much he influenced my life. I was a cub reporter on the Wairarapa Times-Age in 1981 and Ross was chief reporter. He was incredibly generous, supportive, funny and critical all at once. He had deep-seated journalistic principles, starting...more

Message from Justin and Helen living in the UK- Justin is Kate's brother Max's brother in law I got the sad news from Dad about Ross. Both H and are really sorry. Ross gave H and I a great welcome to NZ when we visited in 1997. He was waiting for us at Greytown station and entertained us with chatter and a wide variety of fruit wines from his garde...more

Message from Nairn Kate's dad I met Ross through my daughter Kate. He was always a great host and an entertaining guest when staying at Pukeora. He had a fund of amusing and interesting stories which covered all aspects of his life from his experiences as a boy on a farm some considerable distance from a town, his time in Australia, as a journal...more

🌷 John Annabell gave a flower Grandad Ross was a very humorous man who had the most interesting and crazy stories to tell and could make anyone laugh. A memory that sticks out is from our last trip, when he poured wine over his ice-cream to cool it down. I also loved his story from his childhood when he poured blue chalk over his pudding so he ...more