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Maurice Naylor

THE LOSS OF A STALWART
It is with deep sadness that we have to
announce the passing of our dear friend
Maurice Naylor, who died at his home
in Backwell four days short of his 85th
birthday
Maurice was a staunch Ashton and
Backwell United FC supporter and was
a regular face at the Lancer Scott
Stadium for almost four decades after
he and his family moved to Backwell in
the early 1980s.

A keen football fan, the father-of-two,
loved nothing more in his later life than
spending his Saturday afternoons
Meet the Player watching the Stags with his two pals,
Mike and Tony, from the terraces.
A former football referee, all he asked for in the teams that visited the
recreation ground was fair play and respect for the officials who gave up
their afternoons so the players could play and the supporters could cheer
on the respective sides.

Originally from Nottingham, Maurice moved to Backwell with his job as a
scientist at Imperial Tobacco Ltd in the then Bedminster site in late 1982.
He later lectured in science at the University of the West of England until
his retirement at the age of 65.
Sadly he lost his beloved wife of more than 40 years, Pat, in 2004 to a
brain tumour.
Maurice himself had a number of health conditions throughout his life
and was diagnosed with myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer, in
August of this year.
He died at his Backwell home over the weekend of October 10/11, 2021
and leaves daughter Diane, of Axbridge, son Martin, a former Nailsea
School pupil, now of Nottingham and granddaughter Daisy, who lives in
Portishead.