Individual Details
Elizabeth Josephine "Bessie Jo" Aycock
(13 Mar 1919 - 11 Jun 2005)
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, City Edition, Page 14 A: Bessie Jo Aycock Bulla died peacefully at home on June 11, 2005, surrounded by her adoring family. Born March 13, 1919, in Snyder, OK, to Laura Myrtle and John Clay Aycock, she was their fourth and youngest child. Predeceased by her parents, her sister Frances Bednar of Dallas, and brother Bill of Green Valley, AZ, she is survived by another sister, Sue Vaughan Turnbull, of Solvang, CA. Although she lived most of her life in Oklahoma City, her family lived in the Rio Grande Valley during the Depression, she graduated from Norman High School, and she attended the University of Oklahoma. She met our dad, Merton M. Bulla, when she applied to be his secretary. They later married, and when he died in 1994 they had been married almost 54 years. Mom was kind, gentle, gracious, lively, bright, and beautiful-among other stellar attributes-and was inordinately committed to her whole family. Surviving are her children Carolyn Glasgow Crepps and Marian (Phil) Horning of Oklahoma City, Gordon (Lynn) of Edmond, and Leslie (Giorgio) Baracchi of Bologna, Italy. Her grandchildren include Erin Glasgow (David) Smith of Edmond, Clay (Kim) Horning of Norman, Sara Horning of St. Petersburg, FL, and Barri and Nick Bulla of Edmond. Great grandchildren are Harper Horning and Nathan and Gary Smith. A memorial service will be held at the First Unitarian Church on Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at 4:00 pm. If you would like to make a donation in her memory, please consider First Unitarian Church Endowment Fund, 600 NW 13, 73107, Hospice of Oklahoma County, 4334 Northwest Expressway, 73116, or another charity of your choice.
Events
| Birth | 13 Mar 1919 | Snyder, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma |  | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Justice Precinct 1, Wichita, Texas | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Harlingen, Cameron Co., Texas | | ||
| Medical | 1934 | Scarlet fever, as recorded in Myrtle's diary. - Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Graduation | 1936 | Norman High School, Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | 1938 | BJ attended OU 3 semesters, 1937-38 and was a beauty queen in the 1938 Sooner yearbook. She lived with Aunt Tenny (her father's sister) most or all of that time. - Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | 1939 | 2101 NW 22. Stenographer to Merton M. Bulla. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | 210 NE 12th. Secretary to W.Leo Considine. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | 1941 | Rented a duplex at 2700 NW 20, for their first home. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jan 1941 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma - Merton Marion Bulla | | ||
| Residence | 1944 | 2533 NW 18 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | Abt Jan 1946 | Moved to 224 NW 32 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Residence | May 1952 | Our family moved from 224 NW 32 to 1921 NW 35, a house they built, designed by their architect friend, Truett Coston. The approximate cost was $40,000, paid off within two years. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Death | 11 Jun 2005 | Bessie Jo Aycock Bulla, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Alt name | Bessie Jo Aycock | ||||
| Alt name | Bessie Jo Aycock | | |||
| Burial | Unknown | |
Families
| Spouse | Merton Marion Bulla (1908 - 1994) |
| Child | Carolyn Bulla ( - ) |
| Child | Marion Ruth Bulla ( - ) |
| Child | Leslie Bulla ( - ) |
| Child | Gordon William Bulla ( - ) |
| Father | John Clay Aycock (1879 - 1957) |
| Mother | Laura "Myrtle" Moss (1881 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Frances Emma Aycock (1911 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Susan Vaughan Aycock (1912 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Bill Moss Aycock (1916 - 2004) |
Endnotes
17. Obituary of Elizabeth "Bessie Jo" Aycock Bulla, The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, City Edition, Page 14 A.