Loren J., Mae (LONG), and Perry Wayne SCOTT

LONG, SCOTT, GOFORTH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/25/2011 at 07:12:01

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 09, 1961

OBITUARY ~ LOREN J., MAE (LONG) and PERRY WAYNE SCOTT

Funeral services for three members of the Loren J. SCOTT family of Monroe township were held yesterday afternoon in Kellerton. Loren J. SCOTT (70); his wife, Mae LONG SCOTT, and their son, Perry Wayne SCOTT, 36, were killed Sunday when the car in which they were riding struck a bridge on the Will ROGERS turnpike north of Miami, OK. They were returning to their homes after visiting in the home of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Henry GOFORTH of Tulsa, OK. The elder Mr. SCOTT was driving the car when the accident happened. The SCOTTS were extensive land owners and the parents and son, who was not married, resided on adjoining farms three miles northeast of Kellerton.

NOTE: Loren J. SCOTT was born in 1890; Mae (LONG) SCOTT was born in 1891; and, Perry Wayne SCOTT was born in 1902. Perry was a World War II Veteran, serving as a T/S SQDN D. 247th Army Air Force. They were interred at Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, Iowa. The epitaph on their gravestone reads, "Lord, Let them Rest in Peace."

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011