JOHN LANG SCOTT
JOHN LANG SCOTT OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1915, IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, A SON OF THE LATE REVEREND JOHN L. AND BEULAH (BROWN) SCOTT. JOHN DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON APRIL 3, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS.
JOHN WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE LUCILLE (GOHEEN) SCOTT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1936, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO SONS WERE BORN.
JOHN IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, EDWARD SCOTT AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF IRONDALE, ROBERT SCOTT OF IRONDALE, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND SPOUSE HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WILMELINE SCOTT AND ONE SISTER RUTH VINEYARD.
JOHN HAD DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE LORD, HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR, AND WAS A DEVOTED READER OF THE HOLY BIBLE. JOHN HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR LIFE, AND ENJOYED FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT ALL TIMES. JOHN LOVED TO TAKE TIME OUT OF HIS DAY AND GO TO THE RESTAURANT FOR COFFEE AND VISIT WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH REVEREND PHYLLIS ANDERSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN LEADWOOD CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, FRANK HUITT, JR., DONALD PANGBURN, SR., DONALD PANGBURN, JR., DEREK PANGBURN, ED EMBLY, FRANK HUITT, SR., JASON GRAY AND DERRICK PERKINS.