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By Dena Wood
The Times 

Mock, Sickles Are Pioneers of the Year

Siblings Delbert and Velma have spent most of their lives in Waitsburg

 

Dena Wood

Siblings Velma (Mock) Sickles and Delbert Mock are the 2016 Fall Festival Pioneers of the Year.

WAITSBURG – Siblings Delbert Mock, 92, and Velma (Mock) Sickles, 89, have spent nearly their entire lives in Waitsburg, where their steady service has quietly touched the lives of many.

This year, the Waitsburg Historical Society will honor the duo with the title of Pioneers of the Year at the city's annual Pioneer Fall Festival.

Their father, Denzil C. Mock, was born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, but the family eventually settled in the Huntsville area.

Denzil's father, Augustus F. Mock, was a carpenter and built caskets. He is credited with putting in the windows at the Waitsburg C...



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