OBITS: STOTT, John Wesley - 1 Nov 2000 - Whitley Co, KY
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:08:48 -0500
Submitted by: Bobbie Lewallen (TNGirl@icx.net)

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FROM THE NEWS-JOURNAL, CORBIN, KY, 11/9/00, PART 2

John Wesley Stott, 72, Spring Hill, Florida, formerly of Williamsburg,
passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at his home.

He was born in Whitley County on June 13, 1928. He attended
Williamsburg Grade School and High School. He graduated from Cumberland
College, from Carson-Newman College, and from The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary and also completed graduate work at Xavier University.

While in high school, he was ordained as a Baptist minister by The
Main Street Baptist Church. He pastored churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Ohio. He later left the ministry and worked in Ohio as a Real Estate broker.

He leaves behind a daughter, Marcia Dale Stott Ballard and her
husband, Patrick Ballard of Hendersonville, North Carolina; a son and his
wife, Wesley Jay Stott and Yvette Lemahieu Stott and their two children,
Olivia Stott and Maxwell Stott, of Valrico, Florida. His larger family
consists of three sisters, two brothers and their spouses. Christine Stott
Hart of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, James and Monnie Stott of Williamsburg, Paul
and Mary Stott of Rockhold, Carolyn Stott Seals and Orville Seals of Corbin
and Loraine Stott Maiden of Morhead City, North Carolina. His departure from
his journey on earth leaves behind hundreds of beloved friends too numerous
to mention.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 8 at 11:00 a.m. at the
Ellison Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside service and burial will immediately
follow in the Highland Cemetery, Davis Addition. Ellison Funeral Home in 
charge of arrangements.