Funeral of Buddy Lea

18th Sep 2014 6:00 PM

Almost 1000 mourners packed the Hervey Bay Baptist Church on Thursday to farewell Vietnam veteran Buddy Lea who lost his final battle with lung cancer on the weekend.

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