Jeanette Aycock

Mrs. Jeanette Stringer Aycock of Pascagoula, MS, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at the age of 89.  She was born January 16, 1934 in Bay Springs, MS to the late William Rogers and Ruby Jewel Stringer. She and her husband Curtis moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the early 50’s and there raising three boys, Walter, Mike and Stan. She found great joy in making a home for her husband and children.  Jeanette was a longtime, faithful member of Ingall’s Avenue Baptist Church. In her later years she enjoyed watching the Hallmark Channel, Westerns, Gun Smoke and the Mountain Men series. Although she will be missed, there is comfort in knowing she has been reunited with her soul mate.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Walter Curtis Aycock.

She is survived by her three sons, Walter Aycock (Shannon) of Pascagoula, Mike Aycock (Debbie) of Ocean Springs and Stan Aycock (Dodie) of Gautier; two sisters, Betty Knight of Fairhope, AL and Metta Fulton (John) of Collins; eight grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; numerous other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends Friday Sept. 1, 2023 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at O’Bryant-O’Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula. Graveside service will be Saturday, Sept 2, at 11:00 AM at Ora Cemetery in Collins, MS with Bro. John Turner officiating.

The family would like to thank her devoted sitters Brenda Taylor, Diana Simmons and Adlene Wallace as well as the staff and nurses of Deaconess Hospice.

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