Individual Details
Minnie Enid Aycock
(22 Oct 1904 - 27 Oct 2003)
Posted at findagrave.com: Miss Aycock was the daughter of Amos Jackson Aycock and Mary Eliza Aycock. Her siblings were Joseph Weldon,Elsie Velma Aycock, Coice S.Aycock, and James L. Aycock. She finished grammar school at Princeton, where she was valedictorian of her seventh-grade class in 1918, and completed the 11th grade in 1922 at Boyd High School in McKinney, where she was also valedictorian of her class. She earned an associate of arts degree at Wesley College in Greenville in 1924; a bachelor of arts degree at the University of North Texas in 1928; and a master of arts degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1939. She did post-graduate study at Texas Woman's College, East Texas State University, Scarritt College, George Peabody College, Southwestern College, Kansas University, Columbia University, Stratford Institute, and the University of London.
She studied piano and organ at the Texas School of Fine Arts and the University of North Texas. For 45 years, she taught Latin and English in public and private schools throughout Texas. She retired from the Gladewater Independent School District, having taught Latin and English for 28 years. She was also an instructor for evening and summer courses at Kilgore College and North Texas University.
From 1943 to 1945, she served in the Women's Army Corps and was stationed at Lubbock Army Airfield, where she did secretarial work and was intelligence librarian. In 1952-53, she received a Ford Fellowship for a year of travel in the United States and abroad. In 1979, she was chosen Outstanding Senior Woman Citizen of Gregg County. A member of the Gladewater First Methodist Church, she served as teacher of the Mary Martha Class for many years, a member of the Council of Ministries, a member of the administrative board, secretary of the United Methodist Women, president of the Wesleyan Guild and a pianist for several groups.
She was a member of the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce, the Gladewater Municipal Hospital Auxiliary, the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the Gladewater Music Club, the Tuesday Bible Club, the Gladewater Garden Club, the Texas State Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Texas Council Teachers of English, the National Council Teachers of English, and the American Association of University Women.
She studied piano and organ at the Texas School of Fine Arts and the University of North Texas. For 45 years, she taught Latin and English in public and private schools throughout Texas. She retired from the Gladewater Independent School District, having taught Latin and English for 28 years. She was also an instructor for evening and summer courses at Kilgore College and North Texas University.
From 1943 to 1945, she served in the Women's Army Corps and was stationed at Lubbock Army Airfield, where she did secretarial work and was intelligence librarian. In 1952-53, she received a Ford Fellowship for a year of travel in the United States and abroad. In 1979, she was chosen Outstanding Senior Woman Citizen of Gregg County. A member of the Gladewater First Methodist Church, she served as teacher of the Mary Martha Class for many years, a member of the Council of Ministries, a member of the administrative board, secretary of the United Methodist Women, president of the Wesleyan Guild and a pianist for several groups.
She was a member of the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce, the Gladewater Municipal Hospital Auxiliary, the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the Gladewater Music Club, the Tuesday Bible Club, the Gladewater Garden Club, the Texas State Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Texas Council Teachers of English, the National Council Teachers of English, and the American Association of University Women.
Events
| Birth | 22 Oct 1904 | Princeton, Collin Co,, Texas |  | ||
| Death | 27 Oct 2003 | Gladewater, Gregg Co., Texas | | ||
| Burial | Sunset Memorial Park, Gilmer, Upshur Co., Texas | |
Families
| Father | Amos Jackson Aycock (1870 - 1927) |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Grisham (1875 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Joseph Weldon "Tuck" Aycock (1899 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Velma Elzie Aycock (1901 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Carl Spencer "Choyce" Aycock (1910 - 1997) |
| Sibling | James Leon Aycock (1912 - 1991) |
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