Mrs. Willie Mae Aycock, 89, of the Valley Grove community east of Tuscumbia, died May 20, 2014. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Colbert Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at Valley Grove Baptist Church, with burial in Colbert Memorial Gardens. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Greg Beasley and the Rev. C.G. Redding.
Survivors include sons, Kenneth G. and wife, Georgia P. Aycock, of Auburn, and Byron W. and wife, Valerie J. Aycock, of Tuscumbia; four grandchildren, Joshua W. and wife Ashton, of Florence, Mississippi, Matthew G. Aycock, of Tuscumbia, Kendall L. Aycock, and Christina E Aycock, of Auburn; a sister, Anne L. Sparks, of Middlesboro, Kentucky; and sisters-in-law, Shirley Aycock and Ada Crick. She also had several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Aycock was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clifford E. Aycock, her parents, Will and Bertie Graham Isbell, sisters, Mary Lynn Kimbrough and Francis Dunham, and brother, John Allen Isbell.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Isbell, Harold Kimbrough, Gerald Sparks, Ronald Sparks, Steve Sparks, Larry Allen, Wayne Jeffreys, and Wayne Underwood.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Adult Sunday School class, the deacons of Valley Grove Baptist Church, the Colbert County High Class of 1944, and her 483rd AAA World War II Iwo Jima family.
Mrs. Aycock grew up and lived all her life in the Valley Grove community east of Tuscumbia. Mr. and Mrs. Aycock were sweethearts growing up in school and married during World War II. Mr. Aycock served with the 483rd AAA Battalion in the Pacific, ending his service on Iwo Jima.
Mrs. Aycock was a very active and faithful member of Valley Grove Baptist Church throughout her life. She served as historian for many years, was a teacher and helped in many ways. She was proud of her fifth cousin, Reverend Billy Graham.
Mrs. Aycock and Mrs. Alma Underwood opened Muscle Shoals Fabric Fair in November of 1963 on Woodward Avenue, Muscle Shoals. Mrs. Aycock continued to operate Muscle Shoals Fabric Fair after Mrs. Underwood’s retirement for a total of 37 years. She worked with many individuals, teachers, brides, choirs, cheerleaders and others to special order fabrics for their needs.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Valley Grove Church Building Fund.
