Services for Paul Norman Scott, 95, Ada, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Rusty Fuller and Revs. David Gray and Don Sayre will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Full military honors will be conducted at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Scott died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at local nursing center. He was born March 15, 1920, to Walter P. and Julia Ann Foster Scott in a log cabin near Roff. He attended Roff Schools and East Central University. Mr. Scott retired from the United States Army serving 37 years of active and inactive service. He held the highest NCO rank of E-9 Sgt. Major. He had served during World War II and the Korean War. He was later employed with the Oklahoma National Guard as Administrative Supply Technician. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church.
He and Charlcie Mitchell were married in 1940. She died Dec. 27, 1995.
Survivors include two sons, Stanley Scott and his wife Prudy, Tucson, Arizona, and John Scott and his wife Frances, Sun City, Arizona; five grandsons, Matt Scott, Chris Scott, John Scott, Curtis Scott and Craig Scott; two great-granddaughters, Taylor Scott and Sarah Scott; and one great-grandson, Jacob Scott.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Ervin Scott, Gordon Scott, Byron Scott and Glen Scott and four sisters, Opal Reed, Ruth Fry, Winnie Killian and Reba Bratcher.
Grandsons will serve as bearers.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas, 66675.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
