OBITUARY:  Ralph Scott, 1934 - Coke County, TX

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The Bronte Enterprise September 21, 1934

Ralph Scott Killed in Car Wreck, Near Fort Smith, Arkansas, Thursday 
night
	
Brief reference was made in the last issue of the Enterprise to the 
accidental death of Ralph Scott, stating that none of the particulars 
were available.  The facts of the tragedy, as we have gathered them 
are as follows:

Mr. Scott and a man who boarded with Mr. Scott, at their Kilgore home, 
had been to Fort Smith, Arkansas. They started on their return home, 
about 8 o’clock. Out about eight miles from Ft Smith, on a sharp curve 
in the road, they met a truck, which forced Mr. Scott to the extreme 
right. Mr. Scott’s car a new Ford plunged over the steep embankment 
and turned over some five or six times. Mr. Scott was killed outright, 
his neck being broken, while the other man escaped injury.  The truck 
didn’t stop; hence it was not possible in the dark and excitement of 
the moment for the man to get the number of the truck. The man with 
Mr. Scott was thoroughly questioned, acquitted and the verdict was 
that it was an accident.

Mr. Scott’s family was notified in Kilgore. They notified his mother, 
Mrs. Maggie Scott and family, and Mrs. Ralph Scott’s parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. B. Johnson.  Jess and Walter Scott, brothers of deceased, 
departed at once for Kilgore. Mrs. Maggie Scott and her other children, 
Mrs. J. B. Johnson, and Bob; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simpson and Miss Lorie 
Jackson departed Saturday for Kilgore.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the First Baptist Church 
in Kilgore, Rev. L. E. Holt, pastor, conducted the services. Burial was 
in the Kilgore cemetery.

Deceased was born at Bronte, Aug 8, 1898, making him to be 36 years old 
when the tragic end of his earthly career came.  He was the son of the 
late Joe Scott and wife, Maggie, one of the old-time and widely know 
families of this part of West Texas.  His wife and five children, his 
mother, five brothers and two sisters survive him. 

The children are Maurine, Ralph Jr., Joe Dell, J. L. and Billie Ruth.  
The brothers are Jess, Walter, LeRoy, Daniel and Joe Edward Scott, and 
the sisters are Mesdames Will Athey and Ray Coalson.

Some years ago Mr. Scott moved with his family to Kilgore and entered 
into the hotel and café business. Kilgore had just begun its oil 
development.  From the first Mr. Scott prospered and had a flourishing 
business.  His hotel work brought him in close touch with the oil 
fraternity, and therefore he had built up around him a large circle of 
friends.

Deceased was a genial, pleasant spirit. He was always smiling, never 
out of humor, and was generous with a friend to his last dime. He has 
many boyhood friends in and around Bronte who are grieved at his 
untimely passing.  The shadows fall heavily upon his wife and children, 
his mother and other members of the family. To each and all The 
Enterprise joins with their friends in deepest sympathy in this hour 
of tragic bereavement.      D. M. West

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