NIXON, Walter Bruce, Rev (1934-2012)
Assembly memorial minute, 2012
Rev Walter Bruce Nixon was a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Australia who served the church at Deepdene, Koo Wee Rup, Mt Evelyn and as Associate to Dr Max Putnam of Scots Church, 1977 - 1979.
Bruce was born on 20th November 1934 and died on 8th September 2012, aged 77 years. In his youth, he was part of Knox Presbyterian Church Ivanhoe, attended Scotch College and was a leader and Bible Study leader at Knox PFA before training for the ministry at The Melbourne Bible Institute (now Melbourne School of Theology) and Ormond College in the years prior to Union.
Bruce was a man of great intellect and curiosity, a man gentle and humble, a man who loved our Saviour Jesus Christ and his gospel, and a man who loved and served his community well, especially his recording the history of the Yarra Valley and the paintings and diaries of Victoria's first governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe who was a fine Christian man. Though in latter years he worshiped at the Anglican Church in Healesville, he remained until now on the books of the PCA. The celebration of Bruce's life was conducted at "Riverbank" in Yarra Glen and was attended by nearly 500 people and they heard a strong testimony to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gender
- Male