Ernest William Stock
August 23, 1934 ~ March 10, 2021
Ernest William Stock, age 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Whispering Pines, NC on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on August 23, 1934 he was the son of the late Ernest Martin and Hertha Oxen Stock.
Ernest attended Florida State University on a fully paid scholarship for his swim performance. Just in recent years he was inducted into the FSU Hall of Fame for swimming. Ernest worked for Vick Chemical in New York and later worked for Club Car Manufacturing in Augusta, GA for over 20 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son Kyler Stock in 2018 from ALS and his sister Eleanor Dank.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years: Vicki Stock; two sons: Trevor (Tamara) of Huntersville, NC and Brian (Rebecca) of Augusta, GA; and 4 grandchildren.
No services are planned at this time.
Online condolences may be offered at www.PinesFunerals.com.
Fry & Prickett Funeral Home is serving the stock family.
You left a mark on so very many people. The “Ernie” stories are flowing like a river today!
You were a good man Ernie Stock and you’ll be missed.
Chip
Good bye to a dear friend. Gone but never forgotten. I will see you latter. (Cowboy.) Angie Womack
Tom and Amy Wright
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Tom Wright
Ernie was one of the best road warriors. Traveled many, many miles with Ernie and will never forget him.
I was friends with Trevor growing up and Ernie was a force to be reckoned with. I bought my first car from him for $400, the Stock family station wagon. I promptly put hundreds of stickers on it and I believe he, maybe rightfully, questioned my sanity. And always remember when the boys had 1/4 skateboard ramp in the driveway. He was a good guy and I am grateful to have known him.
I just saw the obituary, and learned about Kyler. Butch, Uncle E., the man who walked me down the aisle after my dan Bob Dan passed. Family dynamics were tough here, but never was my love or admiration for my favorite (okay only) uncle Ernie. He used to pretend to bite us with the Alligator on his polo shirt … and then say “see you later alligator”. I used to love to go in my grandmother’s basement and look at all the pictures of him swimming the butterfly. He had quite the story, born of humble beginnings. Details of those beginning are quite secret in the family. Pride was high. I do remember going to a place on the Clinton River, no bathroom but two outhouses, different symbols on the door. The river was dirty, filled with red billed ducks and muck, but it was the happiest my critical mom ever was. We played sock races, and other games. We got in the car and left, but I later heard that Erick, not sure of that spelling, sponsored my grandfather Ernest Martin to America. I know my dad played a special role in my uncle’s life and that he loved him. Okay – everyone that met him did. My dad was the one who encouraged him to go to college. No one had to encourage him to achieve what he did. He and my dad had a special love for life and the gifts he gave them. Another big memory was in Wisconsin, my uncle and aunt Vicky bought a place in the Dells. My sister and I were so young but we not never been or heard Disney, I don’t know if they even existed back them, but we were on a boat and it was fantastical. At their cottage, we saw our first television. I must have been 4 years old or younger. My parents had a television in 1963, because we watched my mom folding clothes while she watched the funeral of J.K. Kennedy. My uncle was a great golfer, he loved in NY when I was early school, but after my dad died I encouraged my mom to visit in Georgia. I so glad that I went with her and got to met my three cousins. In the years following, I we went to Hilton Head and other golf matches. I never had time to learn golf, but I learned to love to watch golf. Uncle Butch, Ernie, E. had a big impact on my life. He was given so little, but made so much of it. I’m sorry that I didn’t know my cousins, but to all of you and Vicki that wasn’t because I didn’t love you.