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Duard Edwards Scott
3 Sep 1906 – 9 Jan 1980
| Birth | 3 Sep 1906 |
| Death | 9 Jan 1980 |
| Cemetery | North Fairview Cemetery Wellington , Collingsworth County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jeanette Perrin Coaly on 01 Jun 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59528254 |
Bio
The Wellington Leader January 17, 1980 Duard Edward Scott, 73, advertising service owner, columnist, retired newspaperman and former merchant in Dodson and Wellington, died in Collingsworth General at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, January 9, following a heart Attack. A man of great ability in many fields, he had served the community in positions of leadership, over a long period of years, working quietly with others to achieve goals. After attending the Mergenthaler Linotype School in New Orleans, foremost school for printers in the country, he came to work for The Wellington Leader as assistant editor and foreman in the mid 1920s. During this time, he wrote the History of Dodson that became a part of Deskins Well,'s History of Collingsworth County. Later he worked for the Midland Reporter-News and other newspapers. In 1933, he returned to Dodson to become a partner with his father M.P. Scott, in the Scott Hardware. Later he acquired full ownership and added the Farmall Implement business. After World War II he moved the implement dealer hardware to Wellington. Later he sold the business and more than 25 years ago returned to the Wellington Leader, an association that lasted until three years ago. He had published a monthly newspaper for hardware dealers while he was living in Dodson and in Wellington he organized Scott Newspaper Service in 1955, with emphasis on bank advertising. This is marketed to major daily and weeking newspapers nationwide thought his association with Publishers Idea Exchange of Des Moines, Iowa. He was a fine and sensative writer and during these years he developed "Crossroads Report" a column that was published by newspapers including the Amarillo News, Tulsa World, Abilene Reporter News, Atchison Globe, Plainview Herald and many others. Much of his writing appeared in magazines with both specialized and general readership. Mr. Scott born September 6, 1906 in the Indian Territory, between Dodson and Hollis, the son of the late M.P. and Nell Edward Scott. He attended The Bitter Creek and Dodson schools but to him, education was a lifelong process. He was married to Peggy Marcrum, November 11,1933, at Kaufman, while he was working for a newspaper in Palestine. He served as president of both Dodson and Wellington School Boards and twice president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was on the Dodson City Council and had been a member of the Kiwanis Club. He belonged to First Christian Church. Interested in youths, he worked with the Boy Scout on both the local and Adobe Walls Council levels. When he was growing up, he had been a Lone Scout, a branch of the Scouting movement for boys who lived in areas where there were no organized troops. In later years, he attended their international conventions held in the United States and Canada. He volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, as a First Class Petty Officer, serving as an instructor and radio technician at Great Lakes, Illinois, and Corpus Christi. Funeral services were conducted at First Christian Church Friday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Ron Wheeler officiating. Burial was in North Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Guy Owens Funeral Home. Pallbearers were his grandsons Mark Terry, Don Dyer and Dale Scott, along with Duggie Jameson, Henry Wells and Bill Beall. Survivors are his wife; three children, Mrs. Herman Claude (Sue) Terry of Kermit; Mrs. Jack (Jennie) Dyer of Perryton and Don Scott of San Antonio; and a sister, Mrs. Sam Davis of Hollis. There are 7 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Angie Mitchell Martin
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