Zola Scott

Waynesville-Zola Richardson Scott, 90, died Sunday, November 2, 2003 at the home of her daughter after a long period of declining health.

Mrs. Scott was a native and lifelong resident of Sugar Grove, Virginia and was for seventy-two years, a devoted member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Herbert Scott, who died in 1973. She was the youngest of ten children, all now deceased, born to the late Celia Gore Richardson and Martin C. Richardson. Also preceding her in death was her son-in-law, Robert Stuart Boatwright, M.D.

Mrs. Scott is survived by her daughter, Wilma Scott Boatwright of Waynesville; two grandchildren, Jane Boatwright Wood and husband, Jim, of Clyde, and R. Scott Boatwright and wife, Lisa Nurre, of Asheville; and one great-grandchild, Charles Stuart Boatwright.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at Elizabeth United Methodist Church in the Teas Community of Sugar Grove, Virginia. The Reverend Kenneth Conner will officiate. Burial will follow at the Pugh Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Seaver-Brown Funeral Service in Marion, Virginia.

Memorials may be made to Elizabeth United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Joanne Barton, 242 Dickeys Creek Road, Sugar Grove, Virginia 24375.

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