William Douglas Scott (Scotty) was born in Archie , Missouri on October 8, 1920 . At the age of 85 Scotty went home to be with his Heavenly Father. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Franklin Scott and Lena Noble Scott. His sister, Evelyn, resides at Westwood Nursing Home.

Scotty and Hazel Pauline McLain were married October 11, 1941 just three days after turning 21, honoring his parents' wishes to wait until he was 21 to marry. Scotty and Hazel celebrated 64 wonderful years of marriage—blessing one another and together blessing others.

Scotty and Hazel have three children: Larry, Lenny, and Sandra. Larry and Georgie Scott, Lenny and Dinah Scott, and Sandra and Tom Spooner all reside in the Clinton area. The six granddaughters that reside in Clinton are Jane and John Minihan, Susan and Bob Hutcherson, Tara and Scott Richardson, Joie Scott, Angela and Matt Lowe, and Halley Scott. Scotty and Hazel have been grandparents to Scott Spooner in Colorado , Melissa Parise in Chicago , and Nick Spooner in Kansas City .

They have five great grandsons and two great granddaughters: Annie, Scott, Cody, Douglas, Dillon, Mason, and Suzy.

Scotty joined the Army in 1943 and served approximately three years in New Guinea and the Philippines .

Scotty started working at P.A. Cowan Lumber Company on June 13, 1939 right after high school graduation. World War II started and you had to have a priority number to purchase lumber and things slowed down at the lumber yard so he went to work in DeSoto , Kansas on the Sun Flower Ammunition Plant for a short while until he was able to get a job back in the Clinton area with the Crowe Coal Co. It was from there that he joined the Army on May 3, 1943 to serve his country.

Upon returning home from the war, Scotty went right back to work at P.A. Cowan and was there for 43 years. In Scotty's own words he wrote, "loved every day of it." This was Scotty's disposition and attitude throughout life—"he loved every day of it." Two weeks before his death, Scotty was plowing gardens in the neighborhood. He loved to help people, make short visits with everyone; he never met a stranger and liked everyone.

After retirement he enjoyed driving cars for the General Motors car dealerships in Clinton and did that until just recently. Scotty kept track of miles driven. At one time he averaged 40,000 miles a year moving cars around.

Scotty's priority was his family. He loved each one and supported each one by farming, running errands, carpentry work, fixing repairs. You name it and he was ready to help.

Scotty also spent each spring helping Larry and Lenny farm several acres while always having time to help all of the kids with moving equipment, baling hay, carpentry work, errands, repairs, and whatever they asked him to do. He enjoyed fishing too. He went to Bennett Springs every March 1 for many years with his good buddies. During deer season he was the official "chili maker." Scotty was a cook in the Army. Hazel tells about asking Scotty to go to the store for groceries when he came home from the service. He would buy several pounds of pepper because he was used to cooking for 3,000 to 4,000 people each meal.

Church was very important to Scotty. First Baptist Church in Clinton was his church home for over 60 years. Scotty became a Christian right before he was married to Hazel.

Scotty loved his family and friends. Just as we celebrate his life here, Scotty is celebrating his new home with his Heavenly Father.

Our Dad

We couldn't have asked for a better earthly Father. He was always there when we needed him. Dad made work fun. He showed us by example how to be honest.

He showed by example how to be kind and good to our mother and to others. When we were kids just 14 months and 2 years apart in age he taught us all kinds of neat things because he "took time" with us.

He let us hammer and saw, feed the animals, go hunting, fishing, and camping. Dad coached our baseball teams.

We didn't know it at the time but Dad inspired us to do things we didn't know we could do. Dad definitely gave us roots and gave us wings – we have been blessed to have a wonderful dad that was devoted and faithful to our mother and loved his family so much that he disciplined us and loved us.

Most of all we are thankful for a father that was a Christian. He brought us up knowing about Jesus and because of that we will see Dad again. God promised it and we believe it!