WILKES-CAMPGROUND CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-CULLEOKA

SCOTT, James C., 31 Mar 1919 - 21 Feb 2009. (Maury Co. native; s/o Allen Burnley Scott and Bessie Bell Matthews Scott; 1935 grad. of Culleoka High School, and MTSC; Veteran, U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946; mar. Jean Thaxton on 11 Nov 1944, she died Jan. 2008; Teacher at Andrews Elem School, Principal at Highland Park Elem, Principal at Whitthorne Jr. High, principal at marshall Co. High School and Shelbyville Central High School.)
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SCOTT, Jean Thaxton, May 1 1917 - 1 Jan 2008. �Teacher 30 Years� �Married November 11, 1944�. [Coffee Co. native; d/o late Walter Houston and Lester Betty Meadows Thaxton; w/o James C. Scott for 63 yrs.]

Her obituary: (from the Nashville Tennessean):

SCOTT, Jean Thaxton Age 90 of Shelbyville. January 1, 2008. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 4, 2007 at Fairlane Church of Christ. Geoff Giesemann and Russ Countess will officiate, with burial to follow in Wilkes Cemetery in Culleoka, TN. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. She was born May 1, 1917 in Manchester, TN to the late Walter Houston and Lester Betty Meadows Thaxton. She was a retired educator having a career that included Marshall, Maury and Bedford County School Systems. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Ruby Nobles, Mary Anthony and Lillie Riddle. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, James C. Scott of Shelbyville; a son, Ronald Thaxton (Cathy) Scott of Murfreesboro; daughter, Jeanie Elizabeth Scott (Glenn) Raymond of Lewisburg; four grandchildren, Josh Fitzgerald, Josh Scott, Jordan Scott and Hannah Scott. Memorials may be made to: The James and Jean Scott Scholarship at Freed Hardeman University; 1-800-630-3482 www.fhu.edu. FELDHAUS MEMORIAL CHAPEL, (931) 684-8356.
Published in The Tennessean on Jan. 3, 2008.

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