Obit for Scott, Russell Lee - Oklahoma County OK

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Russell Lee Scott

EDMOND, Okla. - Russell Lee Scott, 90, died Friday, July 4, 2003.

Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Memorial Road Church of Christ. 
Burial will be in Amarillo, Texas, by Matthews Funeral Home.

Mr. Scott was born Oct. 12, 1912, in Chilton County, Ala. He was the 
fifth child and learned the ethics of hard work and family. He spent 
his life working, picking cotton from age 5 to 20. He took some time 
off to fight for our country during World War II.

After the war, he moved to Amarillo and worked as a produce salesman, 
furniture store owner and maintenance man. He and his wife, Lavern, 
moved to Edmond in 1998.

He was a longtime employee of Homeland grocery where he was loved and 
will be missed greatly. He was a faithful Christian and a wonderful 
man.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Mickey Banister and wife, Jane, of 
Edmond; two granddaughters, Ali Compton and husband, Ben, of Skiatook 
and Carrie Schaefer and husband, Greg, of Edmond; a great-
granddaughter, Isabel of Edmond; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 7, 2003
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