James Alexander SCOTT

                   HENRY BARR SCOTT SERVED HIS WORKING LIFE AS A POLICEMAN IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.  I THINK HE WAS BURIED IN VIRGINIA, BUT I HAVE HEARD HE WAS BURIED IN RICHMOND TOO.
                  

                   LUTHER JAMES SCOTT, WAS A WARM, WELL LIKED PERSON, ALWAYS CONSIDERATE & KIND.
I REMEMBER AS HE OPERATED HIS COUNTRY STORE, VERY OLD LADIES WOULD WALK ALL MORNING (ABOUT 2 TO 5 MILES, MAYBE MORE) TO REACH HIM FOR SUPPLIES.  HE USUALLY DROVE THEM HOME.  THEY WOULD COME WITH A BASKET OF EGGS AS A MEANS OF PAYING AS CASH WAS NOT REALLY AVAILABLE.  HE WAS A 32 DEGREE, IS A MASTER OF THE ROYAL SECRET OF THE 32 DEGREE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISHRITE, KNOWN TO US AND DULY RECOGNIZED BY US IN GOOD STANDING AND OF OUR ABEDIENCE, RESIDING AT STONE MOUNTAIN IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. HIS REGISTRAR NUMBER IS 186818.  HE ALWAYS TAUGHT ME CORRECT PRINCIPALS, BUT GAVE ME ENOUGH FREEDOM TO MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS, AND IF I GOOFED UP, THEN HE WOULD HELP ME GET CORRECT.  HE CAUTIONED ME NOT TO TRY SMOKING IN THE BARN, SO I WOULDN'T BURN IT DOWN, FOR HE KNEW ALL YOUNG BOYS TRY THIS.  AS TO CHEWING TOBACCO, ALSO, DON'T SWALLOW THE JUICE. I DID AND GOT VERY SICK AND NEVER TRIED THIS AGAIN.  AT HIS FUNERAL WHICH WAS HELD AT THE HOME IN BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WELL OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME AND CARS WERE PARKED IN THE YARD AND ON THE HIGHWAY AS FAR AS ONE COULD SEE.
I COULD NOT ENTER THE FRONT ROOM WHERE HIS BODY WAS IN ITS CASKET, JUST TO MOVING FOR A BOY OF 12.  I KNEW HIM WELL AND LOVED HIM MUCH.  HIS LOSS WAS A MAJOR VOID IN MY LIFE.
                  

                   LAST WORDS,"MY JESUS I LOVE THEE." DIED 10:00 AM.

HISTORY INDICATES HE WAS DEEPLY LOVED BY FAMILY.
HE LIVED IN COUNTRY AND ENJOYED LIFE.
HISTORY INDICATES EDGAR DIED IN HIS EARLY TEENS.
                  

                   FAMILY HISTORY INDICATES LEONARD AT ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD.
                  

                   UNCLE MACK WAS THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF MY GRANDFATHER, LUTHER JAMES SCOTT.
HE WAS A FARMER, LIKE HIS FATHER IN AREA OF TABACCO.  HE WAS A VERY GOOD, KIND AND GENTEL PERSON.  I AM PLEASED TO REPORT HE SHARED WITH ME SOME DETAIL OF HIS PARENTS.  HIS MOTHER WAS KEEN ON SEWING, KNITING, AND NEEDLE POINT.  LOVED THE GRANDCHILDREN.  SOFT SPOKEN.  WENT TO CHURCH UNTIL HER HEALTH STOPPED HER FROM GOING.  BURIED AT OLD SCOTT CEMETERY, AT ROUTES 122 & 24, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, NEXT TO HER HUSBAND JAMES ALEXANDER SCOTT.  ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT UNCLE MACK WAS THE PERSON WHO SHOWED ME THE LOCATION OF THE OLD SCOTT BURIAL GROUND.