Elzie Weston Scott, Jr., 74, of Phil Campbell, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at his residence after a rather brief illness. Born in Sheffield, Mr. Scott had lived in Phil Campbell for the past 45 years and was employed by TVA as a boilermaker for 36 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a Shriner, a Mason, and a member of Vandiver Hollow Missionary Baptist Church.
Visitation with family and friends will be today, March 20, 2018, after 5 p.m. at Vandiver Hollow Missionary Baptist Church, Tuscumbia. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 21st at 2 p.m. at Vandiver Hollow Missionary Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, with Jeremy Murray officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining Vandiver Hollow Cemetery.
Mr. Scott is survived by his wife, Minnie Elizabeth Scott; children, Sandra Gale Scott, Theresa Annette Adams, Earl Wayne Scott, Charlotte Ann Bohannon, and Christopher Bohannon, son-in-law. Surviving siblings include sisters, Frances Scott and Martha Carter; and brothers, David, James Calvin and Raymond Scott. He is also survived by grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Gale Scott, Brenda Bohannon, Patricia Nicole Bohannon, Christopher Allen Bohannon, Jr., Lindsey Nicole Scott Latray, Ashley Brindley, Addison Presley, Spencer Wayne Adams, Jason Adams and Johnathan Adams; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Elzie Weston Scott, Sr. and Julia May Gibson Scott.
Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville, is directing.
