Jessy "J.L." Scott

© The Purcell Register

July 21, 2005

Submitted by: Mary Anneler

A Mass of Christian Burial for Jessy "J.L." Scott, 63, of Lexington was held July 16, 2005 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Purcell with the Rev. Michael Vaught officiating. Interment was at Box Cemetery near Wanette under the direction of Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.

Mr. Scott died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at Norman Regional Hospital.

He was born Dec. 23, 1941 in Box, near Wanette, the youngest of nine children of Eldery and Jessie Warren Scott. He was born on the family farm where he learned the value of hard work. He was reared and attended school in Wanette, graduating from Wanette High School in 1959.

Following high school he went to Kansas and built grain elevators for a few months. After returning, he met and later married Karene Ann Johnson on Nov. 9, 1963 in Lexington at St. John’s Catholic Church. Together they were blessed with two daughters.

Mr. Scott worked for the University of Oklahoma as an auto body repairman for nearly 30 years, retiring in 1992. He was always working on the farm, always fixing this or that. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who loved spending time with his family.

He was an honest, honorable man who was always taking care of the needs of others. He was a friend of Bill W.

Mr. Scott delivered Meals on Wheels, helped the elderly with mowing lawns and running errands, to mention a few things. He had a great sense of humor that a lot of people didn’t know about until the prank was played on them.

His hobbies included hard work, spending time with the kids on the farm, splitting wood and the hay rides with the kids on the farm.

Mr. Scott will be remembered as a man who never judged anyone and always served others.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Eutha Ai Leen Wilson and her husband, Arlie; three brothers, Glen Scott, Marvin Scott and J.H. Scott and one brother-in-law, J.T. Staten.

Survivors include his wife, Karene Scott, of the home; two daughters, Debbie Catteeuw and her husband, David, of Washington and Kristina Farley and her husband, Paul, of Lexington; two brothers, Carl Scott and his wife, Joyce, of Oklahoma City and Wilford William Scott and his wife, Leonda, of Lexington; two sisters, Florence Staten of Oklahoma City and Syble Fitzgerald and her husband, Terry, of Montgomery, Ala.; four grandchildren, Michelle and Donovan Farley and Gabrielle and Gage Catteeuw and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Pallbearers were Scott Perry, Scott Taylor, Mark Johnson, Robert Helton, Jeff Scott and Roger Johnson.

Honorary pallbearers were Randy and Rusty Fitzgerald, Buddy Cypert and Christopher Perry.

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