Visitation will be held for Scott "Shim" M. Aylesworth, 81, of Lucedale, October 17, 2001, at Sigler Funeral Home beginning at 6 p.m. Funeral services will be held October 18 at 10:00 a.m. from Sigler Funeral Home Chapel.
He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving 20 years in the military, where he was in the 450th Bomber Wing 15th Air Force, the "Cotton Trails". He was an amateur radio operator with call letters K5UTH. He was a native of Lucedale and a postal route carrier. A member of First Baptist Church of Lucedale, he died October 15 at Silver Crest Personal Care Home.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Cooley Aylesworth; four children, Dwight M. Aylesworth of Raleigh, NC., Cheryl Aylesworth of Mobile, AL.; Wanda K. Aylesworth of Huntsville, AL. and Paul B. Aylesworth of Fort Worth, TX, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a sister, Myrtle Lee Hollinghead of Lucedale.
Interment will be held at Magnolia Cemetery. A military chaplain will conduct the funeral services.
Published in the George County Times, October 18, 2001. Used by permission. Submitted by: Betty Marshall
(Listed in Veterans Buried in George County by Jimmy Trussell: Aylesworth, Scott M; b.10-13-1920, d. 10-15-2001, US Army, 450th Bomber Wing, 15th Air Force, WW-2 (Magnolia)
(Article from the George County Times, Lucedale, MS., printed in the 1940s. Remembering our WWII Veterans, reprinted 2016)
S. M. "Shim" Aylesworth, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Aylesworth, Sr., completed his training at Keesler Field on May 12 and has been sent to Laredo, Texas where he is attending gunnery school. He completed his training and received his diploma at Keesler as an airplane mechanic. Shim entered the Air Force October 5, 1942, was at Fort McClellan, McPhearson and Jackson Air Base before going to Keesler Field.
He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving 20 years in the military, where he was in the 450th Bomber Wing 15th Air Force, the "Cotton Trails". He was an amateur radio operator with call letters K5UTH. He was a native of Lucedale and a postal route carrier. A member of First Baptist Church of Lucedale, he died October 15 at Silver Crest Personal Care Home.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Cooley Aylesworth; four children, Dwight M. Aylesworth of Raleigh, NC., Cheryl Aylesworth of Mobile, AL.; Wanda K. Aylesworth of Huntsville, AL. and Paul B. Aylesworth of Fort Worth, TX, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a sister, Myrtle Lee Hollinghead of Lucedale.
Interment will be held at Magnolia Cemetery. A military chaplain will conduct the funeral services.
Published in the George County Times, October 18, 2001. Used by permission. Submitted by: Betty Marshall
(Listed in Veterans Buried in George County by Jimmy Trussell: Aylesworth, Scott M; b.10-13-1920, d. 10-15-2001, US Army, 450th Bomber Wing, 15th Air Force, WW-2 (Magnolia)
(Article from the George County Times, Lucedale, MS., printed in the 1940s. Remembering our WWII Veterans, reprinted 2016)
S. M. "Shim" Aylesworth, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Aylesworth, Sr., completed his training at Keesler Field on May 12 and has been sent to Laredo, Texas where he is attending gunnery school. He completed his training and received his diploma at Keesler as an airplane mechanic. Shim entered the Air Force October 5, 1942, was at Fort McClellan, McPhearson and Jackson Air Base before going to Keesler Field.
Visitation will be held for Scott "Shim" M. Aylesworth, 81, of Lucedale, October 17, 2001, at Sigler Funeral Home beginning at 6 p.m. Funeral services will be held October 18 at 10:00 a.m. from Sigler Funeral Home Chapel.
He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving 20 years in the military, where he was in the 450th Bomber Wing 15th Air Force, the "Cotton Trails". He was an amateur radio operator with call letters K5UTH. He was a native of Lucedale and a postal route carrier. A member of First Baptist Church of Lucedale, he died October 15 at Silver Crest Personal Care Home.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Cooley Aylesworth; four children, Dwight M. Aylesworth of Raleigh, NC., Cheryl Aylesworth of Mobile, AL.; Wanda K. Aylesworth of Huntsville, AL. and Paul B. Aylesworth of Fort Worth, TX, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a sister, Myrtle Lee Hollinghead of Lucedale.
Interment will be held at Magnolia Cemetery. A military chaplain will conduct the funeral services.
Published in the George County Times, October 18, 2001. Used by permission. Submitted by: Betty Marshall
(Listed in Veterans Buried in George County by Jimmy Trussell: Aylesworth, Scott M; b.10-13-1920, d. 10-15-2001, US Army, 450th Bomber Wing, 15th Air Force, WW-2 (Magnolia)
(Article from the George County Times, Lucedale, MS., printed in the 1940s. Remembering our WWII Veterans, reprinted 2016)
S. M. "Shim" Aylesworth, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Aylesworth, Sr., completed his training at Keesler Field on May 12 and has been sent to Laredo, Texas where he is attending gunnery school. He completed his training and received his diploma at Keesler as an airplane mechanic. Shim entered the Air Force October 5, 1942, was at Fort McClellan, McPhearson and Jackson Air Base before going to Keesler Field.
He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving 20 years in the military, where he was in the 450th Bomber Wing 15th Air Force, the "Cotton Trails". He was an amateur radio operator with call letters K5UTH. He was a native of Lucedale and a postal route carrier. A member of First Baptist Church of Lucedale, he died October 15 at Silver Crest Personal Care Home.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Cooley Aylesworth; four children, Dwight M. Aylesworth of Raleigh, NC., Cheryl Aylesworth of Mobile, AL.; Wanda K. Aylesworth of Huntsville, AL. and Paul B. Aylesworth of Fort Worth, TX, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a sister, Myrtle Lee Hollinghead of Lucedale.
Interment will be held at Magnolia Cemetery. A military chaplain will conduct the funeral services.
Published in the George County Times, October 18, 2001. Used by permission. Submitted by: Betty Marshall
(Listed in Veterans Buried in George County by Jimmy Trussell: Aylesworth, Scott M; b.10-13-1920, d. 10-15-2001, US Army, 450th Bomber Wing, 15th Air Force, WW-2 (Magnolia)
(Article from the George County Times, Lucedale, MS., printed in the 1940s. Remembering our WWII Veterans, reprinted 2016)
S. M. "Shim" Aylesworth, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Aylesworth, Sr., completed his training at Keesler Field on May 12 and has been sent to Laredo, Texas where he is attending gunnery school. He completed his training and received his diploma at Keesler as an airplane mechanic. Shim entered the Air Force October 5, 1942, was at Fort McClellan, McPhearson and Jackson Air Base before going to Keesler Field.
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