Roosevelt Scott's Obituary
ROOSEVELT SCOTT AKA "SCOTTIE" WAS BORN MARCH 30TH, 1945 IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (RICHMOND COUNTY) TO THE PARENTS OF MARGARET HUNT AND JOHN WILLIE LEWIS. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE TO THIS UNION.
ROOSEVELT GRADUATED FROM SANDUSKY HIGH SCHOOL IN SANDUSKY OHIO AND JOINED THE NAVY IN 1964. HE SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE US NAVY. HE WAS STATIONED AT DA NANG VIETNAM ABOARD THE USS WILTSIE (DD-716) NAVAL DESTROYER BATTLESHIP. HE WAS THE RADARMAN WHO GUIDED THE BATTLESHIPS.
ROOSEVELT ALWAYS ENJOYED COOKING AS A GOURMET CHEF FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BUT HIS LOVE FOR FISHING WAS KNOWN EVERYWHERE. HE STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FISHING WAS WELL SPENT TIME WITH HE AND THE LORD. ROOSEVELT CAME FROM A FAMILY BACKGROUND OF GOSPEL MUSIC. HE WAS A MEMBER OF "THE GOSPELAIRES" IN SANDUSKY, OHIO.
HE RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS AS A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN OF UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN PORTLAND, OREGON. HE ALSO SERVED AS A DEACON OF PLEASANT PLACE MINISTRIES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP JERRY AND PASTOR PIPER DAVIS.
ON APRIL 13TH, 2023 ROOSEVELT WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD. HE WILL BE REUNITED WITH HIS MOTHER MARGARET HARKNESS, BROTHER, HARVEY SCOTT SR, SISTER REBECCA MINTER-WILLIAMS, STEP-SON MAURICE HICKERSON, AND BELOVED WIFE SHARON YVONNE SCOTT. ROOSEVELT WILL BE DEARLY MISSED AND ALWAYS LOVED.
HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS TWO SONS, GERALD ANTHONY SCOTT, PORTLAND, OR., VERNON EDWARD SCOTT (DORIS), DECATUR, GA, STEP-DAUGHTER ROSHAUN CROOMS, GREENSBORO, NC, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, SISTERS WILLIE MAE CARR, FAIRVIEW, OR AND CLORA BELTON, THOMSON, GA, SEVERAL NEICES, NEPHEWS AND HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
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