Obit: Myrtle E. Scott, Franklin Parish, LA
Submitted by Shirley Ashley <shirla@vsta.com>
 
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The Franklin Sun-- Winnsboro, Louisiana
December 22, 1999---- Volume 143 -- No. 22
Page 5 A

Myrtle E. Scott

Funeral services for Myrtle E. Scott, 77, of Winnsboro were held Saturday
at the chapel of Community Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. "Bill"
Sutherlin and the Rev. Kelly Wayne Clark officiating.
Interment followed at Providence Memorial Park under the direction of
Community Memorial Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Scott died Thursday, December 16, 1999 at St. Francis Medical Center
after a brief illness. She was a resident of Franklin Parish, retired
insurance agent with Commonwealth Insurance Company and a member of the
Baptist faith.  She was very active with the Franklin Parish Council on
Aging and TRIAD.  Mrs. Scott's philosophy 
of life was: "Save not your candle for tomorrow, but burn it today.
She is preceded in death by her husband Adrian Scott and two daughters.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Ashley and husband Charles,
Delhi; Sandra Sutherlin and husband, William "Bill" Sutherlin, Baton Rouge;
four grandchildren, Scott  and Shree Ashley; Beth and Elliot Sutherlin;
three great-grandchildren, Chelsea, Rachel and Madalyn;
sisters, Louise Sanford, Winnfield; Carol Weaver, Mangham; sisters-in-law
and brothers-in-law, Edith and Julian Russell, Winnsboro; Elouise and Jesse
Scott, Winnsboro; Joy and George Scott, Oak Grove.  Also a host of nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Randy Robertson, Johnny Derrick, David Creed, Kyle
Russell, Ray Glasscock, and Jerry Sutherlin.
Memorials preferred to the American Cancer Society, 411 Calypso St.
Monroe, La.  71201