When I first met Alfred Eyre last year at a meeting of the Parochial Church Council, I was at once struck by his friendliness, humour and warmth. He had to give at that meeting a report of the recent Diocesan Synod, and it was typical of him that he did this efficiently and at the same time with modesty. These were the valuable qualities which he brought to his work on the PCC, on the Church finance committee and as a sidesman on duty at the back of the church, and although he had recently felt unable to continue as a member of the PCC, his offer to remain as a co-opted member of the finance committee was thoroughly in character. As a sidesman, he must have made any newcomer to church feel warmly welcome; he was in himself a convincing proof that the Church of England is not the cold and remote institution which people sometimes think. However, miss him as we shall in his role as an officer of our church, we shall of course miss him most as a friend and neighbour, and the large number of us in Badsey and Evesham who will miss his friendship is in itself a tribute to his unselfish personality. We send Mrs Eyre our deepest sympathy in her bereavement. ASL.
