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| Birth Date: Dec 1, 1910 | Birth Date: Feb. 19, 1913 | |
| Death Date: Mar 5, 1977 | Death Date: May 5, 1999 |
In 1919 Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Aycock placed all their household goods on a train, boarded with their children, and departed the town of Rogers in Bell County, TX. They arrived in the Farmer community, lived in Lubbock and Lorenzo until 1924 when they moved to the Robertson community. There were nine children: Artie Mae, O.J., Bonita, Marvin, Lelynn, Gordon, Charlotte, Margaret and Yvonne, Marvin, born Dec. 1, 1910, was the only one who remained in Crosby County. Such were the technological advances made in Marvin´s lifetime that, as a farmer, he began his career breaking prairie ground with with a team of mules and, in the latter part of his life, drove an air-conditioned tractor with a C.B. radio.Marvin and Jessie Wheeler were married Aug. 21, 1928. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Wheeler, had lived in this area of Crosby County since their marriage in 1901. They helped organize Robertson Community. They had nine children: Grace, Rex, Horace, Lola, Ruth, Ralph, Jessie, Curtis and Marcia. Jessie, born Feb. 19, 1913, can remember and relate many interesting an amusing incidents in her family. One of the earliest recollections of her childhood is of her Grandmother Murray, who resided with the family. Jessie heard stories from her Grandmother about her experiences as a young lady during the Civil War. Jessie also remembers her grandmother dealing with a tramp who had wandered across the prairie. He saw the Wheeler home from Slaton and walked across the canyon, a distance of about fourteen miles. Grandmother Murray, with a gun nearby, gave him food and drink. After a conversation through a locked screen door, Grandmother Murray sent him on his way,. He went toward Emma.
After their marriage, Marvin and Jessie lived in the Robertson Community for four years. Mary was born July 11, 1929, and Donald was born Aug. 7, 1931. The family moved to Sundown and lived there four years where Betty was born Dec. 16, 1933. In 1936 they moved back to Robertson community where they began farming five miles south of Robertson. Their farm was about one mile from Jessie´s birthplace. There Wendell was born Feb. 8, 1940. Marvin farmed south of Robertson until his death Mar 5, 1977. The original house and its additional rooms were destroyed by fire in Jan. 1959. It was rebuilt on the farm, and moved in 1964 to Lorenzo.
The years were filled for Marvin and Jessie with hard work and child rearing, but since they were young at the time of their marriage and the birth of their children, they grew, played and learned with them. The people of the Robertson community looked to the school and churches for their social life as well as spiritual guidance and education. Every person, from the youngest to the oldest member, participated in sports, plays, parties, box suppers and many forms of entertainment. For many years, Marvin was song leader and Jessie pianist for church and school functions. Marvin was an active member of the Crosby County sheriff´s Posse which participated in rodeos and parades throughout West Texas. Marvin and Jessie contributed to and enjoyed the rich social and cultural heritage of rural America.
Source: "A History of Crosby County 1876-1977" © Crosby County Historical Commission 1978; Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.
LORENZO (Special) - Services for Marvin C. Aycock, 66, of Ralls will be at 3 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church here, with the Rev. Dr. Fred Meeks, pastor, officiating.Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home of Ralls.
Aycock died about 1:40 a.m. Saturday in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Rogers, he had been a resident of the Lorenzo area since 1920. He was a farmer.
He married Jessie Wheeler Aug. 21, 1928, in Portales, NM.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Donald of Lorenzo and Wendell of Lubbock; two daughters, Mrs. J.D. (Mary) Webb of Wilcox, Ariz., and Mrs. Betty Johnson of Lorenzo; two brothers, O.J. of Phoenix, Ariz., and Lelynn of Garland; three sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Bridwell of Dallas and Mrs. Margarez Mimms and Mrs. Yvonne Miller, both of Lubbock; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 6, 1977
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Services for Jessie Wheeler Aycock, 86, of Lorenzo, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 1999, at the First Baptist Church of Lorenzo with the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating.Burial was in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Lorenzo.
She died Monday, May 3, 1999, in Autumn House in Idalou.
She was born Feb. 19, 1913, in Robertson Community, Crosby County, TX. She married Marvin Aycock on Aug. 21, 1928, in Portales, N.M. He died March 5, 1977.
She was a member of the Lorenzo First Baptist Church and the Samaritan Sunday School Class. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Crosby County. She was the granddaughter of Judge John Watts Murray, founder of the first newspaper of the South Plains. She was the daughter of Rufus Marshall Wheeler and Esther Murray Wheeler.
Survivors include two sons, Donald Aycock of Lorenzo and Wendell Aycock of Lubbock; two daughters, Mary Webb and Betty Johnson, both of Lorenzo; two sisters, Lola Wheeler Smith of New Home and Marcia Lockwood of Lorenzo; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pall bearers were Brian Aycock, Brad Aycock, Daniel Aycock and Roy Keith.
©Crosby County News & Chronicle, Friday, May 7, 1999
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