Obituary of BERNICE SCOTT, 1997, Ashley County, Arkansas

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        Date: 16 Aug 2001
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From 9 July 1997 issue of "The Ashley News Observer," Crosset (Ashley County) Arkansas:

BERNICE SCOTT
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  Funeral services for Bernice LaFaye Scott, 67, of Crossett were held
Tuesday, July 8, at 11 a.m. at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church with the Rev.
A.L. Owens officiating.  Burial was at Quinn Chapel Cemetery under the
direction of Cromwell Funeral Home of Hamburg.
  Mrs. Scott died Thursday, July 3, at Ashley Memorial Hospital.
  A native of Ashley County, she was a lifelong resident of Crossett, a
homemaker and a member of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church.
  Survivors include one daughter, Marva Sims; two sons, Michael Scott and
Marvin Scott; one brother, Ernest L. Simpson; two sisters, Bernetta
Woffard, all of Crossett; and Earlene Pace of Shepherd, Texas, and eight
grandchildren.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Scott; a sister and two
brothers.
  Pallbearers were Curtis  Harris, Joe Moseley, Herman Newton, Robert Duke,
Harvey Duke and Larry Rogers.
  Honorary pallbearers were Warren Griffin, John Griffin, Willie Ed Griddin
Jr., Michael Scott,Marvin Scott and Ernest L. Simpson.