Letha SCOTT

SCOTT, ALEXANDER, CAVITT, BREWER, THOMAS, PHILLIPS

Posted By: Connie Street (email)
Date: 4/14/2003 at 14:43:04

From the Van Buren County Register, May 2, 1991, Page 5

LETHA SCOTT

Former Vernon resident, Letha H. Scott, 74, of Fort Madison, died at 7:45 p.m. April 28, 1991, at Burlington Medical Center in Burlington.

She was born Oct. 4, 1916, in Van Buren County to Emery and Gertie Cavitt Alexander. She married John E. Scott on Sept. 7, 1935, in Keokuk. He died July 19, 1984.

She lived in Van Buren County including 49 years in Vernon and moved to Fort Madison in 1984. She was a member of the former Bentonsport United Methodist Church, Bonaparte Rebekah Lodge, Bentonsport Improvement Association and Bentonsport Ladies Aide.

She is survived by three sons, Duane and Donald of Fort Madison and Deane of Dallas City, Ill; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy Alexander of Alpha, Ill., and a sister, Grace Brewer of Fort Madison.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, Arthur, Leonard, Stanley, Gene and Wiley Alexander; and two sisters, Edna Thomas and Mae Phillips.

The service was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, 1991 at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, the Rev. Chrisa Ferguson officiating. Burial was in Vernon Cemetery in Vernon.