NATOMA - Vernon Glenn Scott, 79,
died Friday, Oct. 18, 1996, at the Russell Regional
Hospital.He was born Oct. 26, 1917, in Russell
County to Allen Ray and Jesse Esther (Herron)
Scott.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was stationed
in the Aleutian Islands
and was severely burned in a 1943 plane
crash. He married Iris Adelle Phillips on Oct. 16, 1945,
in Yuma, Ariz. She died June 29, 1986.A farmer-stockman, he ran
a dairy farm east of Waldo. He was a lifetime member of VFW and
a member of American Legion, Natoma. Survivors include a daughter,
Celeste Hobrock, Natoma; three brothers, Richard,
Waldo, Howard, Russell, and Don, Seattle; three
sisters, Bessie Maranville, Centralia, Wash., Ruth Bartlett,
Paradise, and Carol Nuss, Russell; four grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death
by a sister, Mary Ann Melasecca. Services are at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Natoma United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan
Hatfield officiating; burial in Natoma
City Cemetery.Visitation is from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at
Pohlman's Mortuary, Natoma. The family suggests
memorial contributions to the Vernon
Glenn Scott Memorial Fund.
Jan Reading - reasimp@chisp.net