CONNOR FUNERAL DATE SET
REQUEST TO WEAR FAVOURITE COLOUR AT SERVICE
Friends and family of Connor Brown are preparing to say their final farewell to the Sunderland teenager, with people invited to wear splashes of his favourite colour as they celebrate his life.
The 18-year-old former Farringdon Academy student was stabbed in a lane off Park Lane in the early hours of Sunday, February 24, and died a short time later in hospital.
His death shocked Sunderland, with scores of tributes paid to the amateur boxer, who worked on the reception team at the Happy House Surgery, in Durham Road.
On Monday, a funeral procession will leave his home at 1pm, with friends welcome to follow the procession. A service open to all will then be held at Sunderland Crematorium at 1.30pm.
Connor’s final destination will be Grangetown Cemetery, strictly for family and friends.
Organisers say there will then be celebrations of his “very short, but fulfilled life” at the Scullery, in Silksworth, and the Dolphin pub, in Farringdon.
There will be family flowers only, with donation buckets to be set up.
People are also asked to wear red, Connor’s favourite colour at the request of his relations.
A GoFundMe page set up to support his family now stands at more than £28,000, with former Sunderland player Jordan Henderson among its backers.
Friends have shown their love for Connor with events including a balloon release, a charity football game and a match-day collection outside the Stadium of Light.
Two men have been charged with his murder.