| 1. | Richard Noble AYCOCK, Jr. (son of Richard Noble AYCOCK, Sr. and Mildred MYATT); died on 20 May 2006 in Smithfield,North Carolina. Notes:
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From: Arthur Marshall [mailto:arthurvm@msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:34 AM
To: Suzan Moran; William Moran; Wayne Marshall (work); Wayne Marshall (home); Richard (Rick) Aycock III; Peggy M. Alseth; Patti Scruggs; Nancy Foster; Kenny & Carisa Marshall; Kathy Fullagar; Janet Young; Faye Kennedy; Dennis Marshall; David Marshall; Arthur Marshall; Ann Harris; Amanda (Mandy) Adams; Judy Marshall; Meredith Boggs; Suzanne Bennett; Nancy Reed; Kim Marshall; Gary Cooper; Colleen & Roy Pope
Subject: Death of a Friend
It is with sadness that I have learned of the death of Richard Aycock Jr. in Smithfield. Richard is the husband of Evelyn Aycock, who is first cousin in my generation.
Richard died yesterday, Saturday, May 20, 2006. I spoke with Evelyn this morning, Sundy and she said he had gotten very sick prior to his death. The funeral will be Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. in Smithfield.
The following is Evelyn's address and phone number:
Mrs. Evelyn Aycock
P .O. Box 2016
901 Second Street
Smithfield, NC 27577-4216
Phone 919-934-8195
Let us all keep Evelyn and her family in our prayers.
Arthur (Sonny) Marshall
Evelyn Turner Aycock was born August 6, 1918, in Baltimore, MD.
She passed away at her home in Smithfield on October 25, 2012 at the age of 94. She and her parents (the late Dewey Harris and Macie Marshall Turner moved back to North Carolina when she was very young, living in several towns in the western part of the state. She graduated from high school in Lincolnton, NC and attended High Point College for two years. In 1941, she married Richard Noble Aycock, Jr. While Richard was in service during World War II, she became the first woman to work in the Weather Bureau at the Greensboro-High Point Airport. She worked as a meteorological aide for observing and forecasting weather. She was the only woman on the East Coast to operate a radiosonde machine (which gathered atmospheric conditions while attached to a hydrogen filled balloon) during those years. She also worked at Winston-Salem and Charlotte airports.
In 1947, she and her husband moved to Smithfield, NC to establish Aycock Propane Gas Company. She assisted in the business until she began to work for The Smithfield Herald in 1960, as a bookkeeper. She retired in 1982 as the office manager.
After she retired, she and her husband took many trips around the USA and Canada and traveled to South Korea when her daughter and family were living there.
Mrs. Aycock supported many civic organizations with her time and leadership. These include the Smithfield Woman?s Club, Johnston County Genealogical Society, Contact Telephone Ministry, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a charter member of the Smith-Bryan Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been a member of the Centenary Methodist Church since 1947 and was member of the Sadie Spiers Circle there.
Evelyn and Richard Aycock were married 65 years until his death on May 20, 2006.
Mrs. Aycock is survived by her daughter, Frances Aycock Kiker and husband Carl Kiker of Salem, VA and her son, Richard Noble Aycock III of Garner, NC. Her five grandsons are Christopher Cayce Dalton of Portland, Maine, Benjamin Wesley Dalton (wife Alexandra) Dalton of Raleigh, NC, Aaron Alexander Dalton of New York City, NY, William Cullen Casey of Radford, VA, and Richard Noble Aycock IV of Raleigh, NC. Her two great-granddaughters are Eleanor Fowler Dalton and Tess Olivia Dalton of Raleigh, NC
Richard married Frances Evelyn TURNER on 12 Apr 1941 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Frances (daughter of Dewey Harris TURNER and Willie Macie MARSHALL) was born on 6 Aug 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 25 Oct 2012 in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina; was buried on 29 Oct 2012 in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Frances Evelyn AYCOCK
- Richard Noble AYCOCK, III
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