Taddy Aycock - Aycock's Legacy

Aycock's Legacy

Aycock never sought another office but returned to Franklin to practice law. He pushed for the name change of Southwestern Louisiana Institute to the University of Southwestern Louisiana (since University of Louisiana at Lafayette). He supported the French heritage movement and the Acadiana Regional Airport in New Iberia in Iberia Parish.

At the time of his death, he was serving in an advisory capacity with Louisiana Land & Exploration Company He died in the first few days of 1987, another primary election year for governor and other state constitutional offices. Survivors included his wife; three sons, Dr. Kenneth J. Aycock (born 1949), Joseph Wesley "Jody" Aycock (born 1947) and Larry Thomas Aycock (born 1955) and three daughters, Mrs. Dirk (Barbara) Ory (born 1946), Mrs. Michael (Mary Margaret) Valse (born 1951), and Mrs. Greg (Susan) Fleniken (born 1958), his sister, Mrs. Steven (Mary Ida Aycock) Dupuis (November 17, 1918 - February 27, 2009), and his stepmother, Amy W. Aycock (December 19, 1909 - May 29, 2006). He is interred at Franklin Cemetery in his native Franklin, Louisiana.