Hunt County, TX, Obit

Submitted by Gena Forsyth

Cemeteries of Tx: Norm Mayfield

February 11, 1998 Greenville Herald Banner

J.E. Scott

WOLFE CITY - J.E. "Ed" Scott, 87, of Wolfe City, died Monday at Windsor House Retirement Center in Weatherford following a lengthy illness. There is a graveside service at Mount Carmel Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday with Dwight Gardner officiating.

Born July 11, 1911 in Tyler, he was the son of Edward Wesley and Lillian Maud Stone Scott. He married Elva Voss on July 9, 1933 in Commerce.

Mr. Scott graduated from Wolfe City High School in 1929 and received a bachelor of arts degree from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce.

After serving with the U.S. Air Corps as a ferry pilot during World War II, he moved to Wolfe City in 1948. A teacher and rancher, he served as Wolfe City postmaster for 15 years, retiring in 1975.

Mr. Scott was a member of the Masonic Order since 1941; a member of the American Legion, had a life membership in the American Red Cross, served on the Wolfe City Library Board for several years and was a member of the Wolfe City Chamber of Commerce.

He served as Justice of the Peace from July 1980 until October 1984. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, James Edward Scott of Aledo and Rodger L. Scott of San Antonio; a sister, Melba Graham of Grand Prairie; a brother, Joe W. Scott of Greenville; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Pallbearers are R.J. Scott, Brian Scott, Cecil McPheeters, Joe Scott, Bernard Clayton and Andy McDonald. Honorary pallbearers are Bill Myrick, Cleve Hooe and Paul Roundtree.

Memorials may be made to Excelsior Lodge 505, P.O. Box 221, Wolfe City, 75496.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at R.W. Owens & Son Funeral Home of Wolfe City.