Funeral service for A.J. Aycock will be held at 1:00 P.M., Friday, December 9, 2022 at Palestine Baptist Church, Vixen, LA with Michael McDonald officiating. Interment will follow at Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 PM until 1:00 P.M. at the church under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.
As a child in the Great Depression, A.J. began working at the age of eight. He moved to Los Angeles, California as a teenager and worked various jobs including being an usher at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre where he met Clark Cable and Red Skelton. He joined the Navy at eighteen and would serve in the Pacific theatre of World War II. A.J. began his career in the paper industry with International Paper in Springhill, Louisiana, eventually working at various other mills in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. So adept at paper machine operations he rose to production manager for Continental Can and later retiring at Savannah, Georgia. His career took him to both Europe and South America. He returned to Louisiana and started his own company providing computer technology and chemical sales to the paper industry. A.J. loved living on and fishing Caney Lake. He grew various Hibiscus flowers and shared them with all. He followed college football (especially the SEC) and was a die-hard LSU Tiger fan. A.J. was such a positive influence on so many. A.J. was preceded in death by his wife Sharon Horne Aycock; parents Emmie and Louis Aycock.
A.J. is survived by his children Debbie Aycock Williams and husband Jimmy, Geary Aycock and wife Myra, Tina Aycock Frye, Margo McDonald Maxwell, Melanie McDonald, Michael McDonald and wife Michele; 14 grandchildren Amanda Aycock Lee, Bryan Aycock, Brandon Frye, Mary Allen, Michael Williams, Elizabeth McClellan, Amanda Martin, Cammie Neatherland, Drew Maxwell, Sadie Flower, Will Watts, Jay Shively, Carson Shively and Layla McDonald;16 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jay Shively, Carson Shively, Drew Maxwell, Michael Williams, Will Watts and Rondy Maxwell.
Donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
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