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Howard Louis Scott, 81, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, formerly of Greenville, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, in Arkansas Health Center in Benton, Arkansas. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, September 9, 2009, in Coker-Mathews Chapel with Brother Ivy Scott officiating. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.
Mr. Scott was born in Selma, Louisiana on November 7, 1927, the son of Lonnie Monroe and Iclona Whitley Scott. On November 21, 1958, he married Iria Katherine Apel in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and a retired design engineer with ESCO in Greenville.
He is survived by sons, Richard Vincent Prewitt and wife Janet of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Marion Eugene Scott and wife Judy of Pine Bluff, and John Wayne Scott of Dallas; daughter, Patsy Wilcox and husband Carl of Greenville; brothers, Richard Scott and wife Virginia of Houston, Alvin Scott and wife Brenda of Trout, LA, and Ivy Scott and wife Willie Mae of Iota, LA; sisters, Elsie Cross of Georgetown, Estelle Lawson of Tyler, Elaine McCartney and husband Aubrey of Ball, LA, Marie McCartney and husband Johnny of Tioga, LA, and Maxine McCartney of San Antonio; a host of grand children and great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Kathleen Scott of Houston; and special friend, Lula Wetzel of Shreveport.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Scott; and brothers Lonnie Lee, Robert Roy, James Allen, Lester Leon and Edgar (Doc) Scott.
Visitation will be Tuesday, September 8, 2009, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.