Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Mildred A. Holt, 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MILDRED ANNETTE HOLT SCOTT WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Mildred Annette "Top" Holt Scott, 66, of Clay Street, died Tuesday at her home. She retired as a dental assistant for Dr. E.C. Nettles of Wakefield in 1982 after 27 years of service. She was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church and taught in its children’s department for 38 years. She was a member of the United Methodist Women, the administration board and the Council on Ministries. She was past vice president of the Wakefield Women’s Club. She was a member of the Wakefield Homemakers Club and the Sussex County Homes Demonstration Club. From 1954 to 1958, she coached the girl’s basketball team at Wakefield High School. She was also a former troop leader of the Wakefield Girl Scouts. Survivors include her husband, Ralph T. Scott; two daughters, Mrs. Ann S. Balance of Bunn, N.C., and Mrs. Betty S. Morris of Richmond; a son, Ralph T. Scott, Jr. of Wakefield; her mother, Mrs. Clara Adcock Holt of Wakefield; two sisters, Mrs. Linda H. Griffin and Mrs. Eleanor H. Goodrich, both of Wakefield; three brothers, M.M. Holt of Sedley, and J.A. Holt Sr. and Earl W. Holt, both of Wakefield; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. today at Wakefield United Methodist Church by the Rev. E. Lee Chattin and Eugene Teslovic. Burial will follow in Wakefield Cemetery. The family request that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Wakefield United Methodist Church Building Fund. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge. Mildred Annette "Top" (HOLT; Mrs. Ralph Theo Sr. "Sonny") SCOTT, retired dental assistant, b. 12 Jul 1920, Southampton Co., d. 19 Aug 1986, at home, Wakefield, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Aug 1986, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Aug. 20, 1986, p. 38 *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her mother is also buried there. Her father, John Andrew HOLT, is buried in a HOLT family cemetery, on Unity Rd. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-17): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt Her husband's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1993) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s300r2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s300m5ob.txt