of North Little Rock,
October 30, 1941 - June 18, 2020
Alan Ginocchio, 78, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, went home to be with our Lord on June 18, 2020. Alan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 30, 1941.
Alan was a United States Air Force Vietnam Veteran serving from 1961-1968. After being honorably discharged from the USAF, he began his civilian career as an Electrical Field Engineer working in the nuclear power plant construction field for the Bechtel Corporation and Fluor-Daniel Corporation building nuclear power plants in Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas until 1990. In 1990, he located permanently back in North Little Rock where he worked for Goodman Engineering and Simplex-Grinnell until his retirement in 2003.
Alan was also a part-time musician who played the organ and sang often during his working career at small venues such as supper clubs and restaurants. Two of the local places in Little Rock where he performed were The Flaming Arrow Supper Club and Sam Peck Hotel's restaurant.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Violet Tarver Ginocchio and his father Louie F. Ginocchio.
He leaves behind his two sisters Judy Lee West (Randy) of Cabot, Arkansas, and Edith (Edie) Lynne Wilkerson (Vergil) of North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Burial will be a graveside ceremony held at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas, at 10:00am, Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
In lieu of flowers,donations be made in his honor to:
Journey in Spirit Animal Sanctuary and Rescue
702 Hwy 311
Green Forest, AR 72638.
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5 Condolence(s)
NICK KENNEDY
Saturday, August 28, 2021
I was thinking about Alan today and did a web search only to find he's been gone over two years. I worked with him both at the Russellville nuclear plant and at the Callaway Missouri one. He was fun to work with and a talented draftsman with his work showing off his artistic talent. I also heard him perform at a local restaurant in Russellville where he played the organ and did standards from Elvis, Booker T, and others. RIP
Marion Greene
Monday, July 13, 2020
I did not know Alan personally but he graciously provided me with information in a type of yearbook page where his mother attended school with my late dad - Kenneth Radford McClain. He took a screen shot and provided it. I posted it again as it came up in my Facebook memories. My prayers are with his family.
Sandy McMath
Monday, June 22, 2020
Alan (I still called him AE, which was his handle in grade school) was one of my dearest chums from that halcyon time. He was loyal, happy, curious and always a great playmate. We lost touch over intervening years but rekindled our friendship putting together the Class of 1953 Reunion back in '08 which almost 40 of our 50 or so contactable classmates attended from all over the country. Alan even prepared and published a nifty yearbook (really a century book) with class and snapshot photos and little bio updates. The precision and format of that memento was a testament to his dedication and creativity. I still have fun taking it down and showing it to clients and house guests. We loved gabbing on the phone like teenagers while putting that reunion and annual together. Alan kept us all up to date on his searches for missing pupils and stories he'd pick up while tracking them down. We had a chance to keep up by phone from time to time since, with a happy visit barely 2 weeks ago. What a wonderful old friend who will be terribly missed. Allison and I extend our sincerest condolences to his family.
Jacki Stafford
Monday, June 22, 2020
Judy and Edie, my thoughts and prayers go out to both of you in the loss of your brother. Jacki & Jim Stafford
Morris Harper
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Alan and I graduated in 1953 from Rightsell Elementary School in Little Rock with a number of special people. We were so special that we had a reunion of out 6th grade class in 2013 when we were in our 70s. Of the 52 6th graders, I think about 35 came from all over the USA, about half of the rest had died, and the balance could not be located. For that event, Alan put together the equivalent of a high school annual complete with pictures of each of our grade levels as well as short bios of our then-current families. Alan reminded us all that as a 6th grader, he was best able to act out the dying scene of a cowboy hero better than anyone else. Of course his memory failed him in that regard. We had a luncheon with our class officers who spoke, and we toured the city. It was a hoot! My wife (not a classmate) said it was more fun than any other reunion she had ever attended. After the reunion, Alan and I got together annually and talked with each other every few weeks. We were both Seinfeld fans. He was a close friend when we were classmates, and we became close again as a result of the reunion. I spoke with him just last week. He will be missed by all those who knew him closely. He was a good man and a good friend.