Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....AYCOCK, SELLERS  JR. February 21, 2014
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News Star World - February 23, 2014
SELLERS AYCOCK JR.

Sellers Aycock, Jr. died Friday evening, February 21, 2014 in his home in 
Rayville after a long illness. He was born December 17, 1932 to the union of 
Eunice Downes Aycock and Sellers Aycock, Sr. 

Sellers was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by Sarah, his 
wife of 60 years. Other survivors include his children C.S. (Sandy) Aycock, 
III, of Dallas, Texas, Larry Aycock and his wife, Vicky Peña, of Atlanta, 
Georgia, Beth Aycock Green and her husband, James Morris Green, of Rayville, 
and Melanie Aycock of Monroe; sisters, Sarah Thomason of Rayville and Claire 
Brown of Ruston; grandchildren, Josh Smith and his wife, Hillary Holstein 
Smith, of Madison, Wisconsin, Matt Smith of New Orleans, David Aycock of Waco, 
Texas, Bryan Aycock and his fiancé, Meredith Ricketts, of Jackson, Wyoming, 
and Callee Gwin Blanchard, and her husband, Andrew Blanchard, of Houma, 
Louisiana; and great-grandchildren Phillip Houston Blanchard and Emilia Marie 
Aycock.

Sellers graduated Rayville High School in 1951 and Louisiana College in 1955 
where he majored in religion. While securing his diploma, he served as pastor 
of Calvary Baptist Church in Richland Parish. He received his bachelors of 
divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas in 1959.

In 1960, Sellers returned to Rayville to join his father in re-establishing 
Aycock Cotton Company, Inc. where he worked as a cotton broker for 40 years. 
During that time he became the first State Farm Insurance agent in Rayville 
where he served as an agent for 50 years until his retirement in 2012. He also 
served on the Board of Directors of First National Bank of Rayville for many 
years. 

Sellers served with distinction on the Louisiana College Board of Trustees for 
the maximum years allowed. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from 
the Board of Trustees on Founders' Day, October 12, 2000. He is also 
remembered for his active involvement at various times in his life with KRIH 
radio station, Delta Ridge Implement Company, the Pickin' and Ginnin' Cotton 
Festival, the Richland Players, the Strauss Playhouse in Monroe, LA, the 
Rayville Kiwanis Club and the State Mental Health Board, not to mention his 
continuing ministry at numerous weddings, funerals and other special occasions.

His was a life of service and integrity, liberally sprinkled with his love of 
poetry and music. A kinder, gentler gentleman cannot be found. Our world is a 
better place because Sellers was here. 

Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 23, 2014 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm and a 
memorial service will be held on Monday, February 24, 2014 at 3 pm. Both will 
be held at the First Baptist Church of Rayville, under the direction of 
Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville. There will be a private interment. 
Pallbearers are David Thomason, Charlie Thomason, Lasley Thomason, Jim Brown, 
George Brown, Lewis Cowart and Frank Cumpton. Honorary pallbearers are Earl 
Hogan, Lonnie Walters, Timmie Thames, Henry Logue, Bob Kennedy, Guy Barr and 
Frank Burnside, Sr. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be 
made in Sellers' honor to the Saints Alive program for seniors at the First 
Baptist Church of Rayville or the Rhymes Memorial Library, P. O. Box 522, 
Rayville, LA 71269. 


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