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Alan enjoyed table tennis and short tennis in Swanage in an Over 80's
group and used to play squash and tennis when he was younger.

He put himself out to help people and Maureen remembers, to her
consternation, seeing him dashing across the road stopping a fight
between two men in a town High Street. He talked with them about their
problem, helping them out with their disagreement. On another
occasion he brought home a homeless man just before Christmas and
assisted him to get some help.

Another time Alan became involved in a local scheme to assist people
living in hospitals, by taking them out. He used to visit an elderly man
who had been damaged in the war mentally and lived in the local
hospital for mentally ill. He would take him out for drives and brought him
home a number of times to have a cup of tea. This gentleman especially
enjoyed seeing the places he used to visit before his illness.

Of course this will be a huge gap in our lives and our children's lives and
grandchildren's but we are grateful he was able to do all that he did and
that he died peacefully in his own home and is now with his Lord who he
loved and did his best to serve.

A message from a friend recently expressed that they will always
remember how Alan put such importance on the love of God and how we
should share that love with all who we meet.
As Graham Neads said recently in our Link magazine:

Jesus is our shepherd. He leads, guides, protects and blesses us.

We have no need to fear for he will never leave us he gave his life for us.

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