I have a story of aunt Sharon that I've told many times. It has to do with Shann and her paper dolls. I used to love to put Ken's clothes on Barbie, and vice versa. This drove Shann crazy. She would get upset and ball her hands into fists scream "Roddy! NO!" This past time always ended the same way with aunt Sharon saying,"Oh Robby, please." Once when relating this story Jason remarked that if he had a nickel for ever time he heard his mother say that he would be a millionaire. Probably true.
Aunt Sharon eventually taught Shann that if she just laughed it off I would stop, which I did. This memory always makes me smile because it makes me think of how she was my aunt, but also like a mom to me too. I don't know if that makes much sense, but that's how I feel. I have more and will share again soon.
--Robby Naylor
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There are so many memories of our 31years and 5 months of marreid life that I just decided to start. Sharon was no doubt the most self-less person I have ever known and will probably ever know. I spent a sleepless hour or two last night April 30, 2007 thinking about this. Sharon's only outspoken times were when her children were being protected. She was a lioness when it came to the children, don't let anyone say something about the kids, or she would really defend them. The last years of her life her favorite TV show was probably "The Amazing Race", she watched it religiously. She also liked American Idol. But to date ourselves we also watched "Dallas". Her favorite movie was "Gone With the Wind" and somewhat more recent she loved "Simon Birch". Whenever we took family trips, Sharon always had them planned to the hour. Again there are so many memories I just had to get started. I will post again but must get back to work now.
--Bill Naylor (husband)
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I don't know what happened but I had typed an almost three thousand word post and somehow it didn't get posted. It was about Sharon's big three loves. God, family and I think next music. Sharon sang in the choir at Spring hill Baptist for years and enjoyed it immensely. She not only loved the music but also the fellowship of the choir members. Sharon was not a social bug like me, but once she got to know you she could be herself and she had a really good sense of humor. I remember the smile that she had, usually when it was just us, if she ever did anything that she thought was even the slighest bit naughty but funny - she would kind of bite her top lip in her smile.
As I said, music was one of Sharon's real loves, and that is probably where all of our kids got their love of music. On the subject of music, Sharon and I attended many concerts, from college up until about a month before she died. On April 24th 2005 we awoke at Lake Mitchell after spending the night with Mau and Becky. The day before, a Saturday, we had a mini reunion with Sharon's Delta Zeta buddies. I remember it well because it was actually very cold that whole weekend. We didn't ride in the pontoon boat because of the weather. I believe that we went to church that Sunday April 24, 2005 in Clanton with Mau & Beck. Then we made the trek to Pensacola to see "Sweet Baby James" - James Taylor. If you have ever been to the Pensacola Civic Center, you know that it has long ramps from the parking lot to the entrance. Sharon was beginning to get winded easily and had to stop once or twice on the way. This was one of the best concerts we went to but certainly not the best seats. The best seats we had were to see Elton John in the Mobile Auditorium. Somehow I won a lottery of sorts and got front row seats. I believe this was either 2001 or 2002 because it was before Shann graduated from Davidson. Shann's good friend Jessica went with us. Sharon and I had seen Elton John at Auburn and actually those were probably our second best seats for a concert. Other entertainers that we saw included Tom Jones in Mobile, and one of my favorites Jimmy Buffet in Mobile. Sharon attended another concert in Pensacola, it was with her good friend Lynn Jackson and some other "fine Baptist women", if I recall. They had a ladies night with Michael Bolton, and I believe that was around 1994 or 1995. One year the Alabama Music Hall of Fame had their induction at the new Mobile Convention Center and someone got us tickets to the event that included a meal and lots of good entertainment. I still have the CD that was included with every ticket - at the table. I don't think that Sharon and I knew that a meal was included because I believe that we went out to eat before the show. We still had a little bit of the meal and probably a glass of wine. Another of Sharon's loves was travel. As I said before in a previous post, Sharon planned every trip we ever made. I just went along for the ride and boy there were some good rides. London and Paris with the Davidson Band and Boosters, and New York City more than one time, but the last time was after Shann's high school graduation. I stayed in a room with 4 females, Sharon, Shann, and two of Shann's friends. I always took my shower first and then left the room for about an hour. Another trip that I will always cherish is the one that Sharon and I made as a result of my best streak of luck ever. I won a flight to anywhere that Northwest (I believe)flew. We chose San Francisco and left after tax season or maybe on April 15th. We only spent four or five days there but I so much want to go back. I am about out of characters and want to be sure that I get this one posted befor egoing to bed, so I'll just say good night for now.

--Bill Naylor

I'll keep my first post brief. Its a story from the road trip my mom and I took. Typing that sentence reminded me how much my mom tried to instill good grammar... the teacher in her. Anyway, we were driving somewhere in Texas, the middle of nowhere Texas. I never saw my mother as much of a risk taker so what she was about to say to me caught me off guard. She first asked my if I had ever gone 100 mph. I said, no I don't think so. She then said something like, well let's try it out. I was shocked! But it did seem as good a time as any... no cars or anything in sight for miles. Off we went. That trip we took is one thing I know I will cherish for the rest of my life and always think of fondly.

On a different note... the one thing I can still hear and remember of my mom is her laugh.
--Shann Naylor

Also...as this song came up on my itunes I wanted to say something about it. I think she really like Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water
--Shann Naylor

I have been watching this blog thing hoping that someone else would post something to it other than family. Unless I can only see certain postings my hopes have not been answered. Just yesterday I read in a notebook that Sharon kept some memories that she had hand written. It just brought back so many pleasant memories and tears as well. I surely would love to see some more postings from old college friends if you ever check this thing out. Bill
--Bill Naylor