Francis Scott (Plainview)

Francis Scott, 92, of Plainview, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in Pampa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 3, 2014 at Kornerstone Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Francis grew up the third of twelve children to Horace and Vassie Scott in Cottle County, Texas. He said the first thing he had to do in the morning before everyone woke up was to light the fire in the pot belly stove with mesquite wood collected from around the Delwin, Texas farm. He said he wondered how he kept from burning the old farmhouse down because the stovepipe would be glowing red after the fire got going. He went to school at a country schoolhouse at Dumont, Texas. He learned his reading, writing, and arithmetic and looked forward to showing off for his best friend Alan’s younger sister, Ruby. Whether he was winning a foot race, playing basketball, or baseball; he wanted her to be his greatest fan. He graduated Valley View School in May 1941 and married Ruby Millican November 22, 1941. Soon after that something horrible happened at Pearl Harbor that changed boys to men fighting for their country. He farmed and ranched for a while and was drafted into the Army in December 1942. He served in Okinawa as an MP specializing as a rifle marksman. His father- in-law told Francis not to worry that Ruby would be waiting at home for him when he got back and she was. He farmed for a spell, but soon chose to mechanic as a profession to support Ruby and their four daughters; Janice, Norma, Gylene, and Vicky. He went to mechanics school and soon gained much experience and was a much sought after technician in fixing automobiles, trucks, and irrigation engines. He retired as head of the Plainview School Bus Terminal in about 1988. He was proficient as a finish carpenter, plumber, electrician, roofer, welder, fence builder, wall mover, and general fix-it man. When he could no longer mechanic he took up building fast computers instead of fast cars. He built his last gamer’s dream computer last year at the age of ninety-one. After his beloved Ruby was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease he cared for her for many years until her death in September 2007. They were married two months short of 56 years. He was ordained as an elder in November 1969 and pastored the Primitive Baptist Church of Plainview, Texas and then Corinth Primitive Baptist Church in Tulia and also the Primitive Baptist Church in Roswell, NM. He retired from the pastoral ministry in 2011 after many years of serving the Lord and God’s people. He loved and learned much of God’s word and was always a student to it. He began to long for his call upward to meet Ruby and daughter Norma and others in heaven and study and worship at the feet of Jesus. He is survived by three daughters, Janice Walker of Hobbs, NM, Gylene Taylor & husband Mark of Pampa, TX, and Vicky Jackson & husband Bobby of Arven, CA; one brother, Bill Scott of Kennedale, TX; four sisters, Pauline Love of Tulock, CA, Helen King of Tuscon, AZ, Sue Gibbs of Clovis, NM, Brenda Simmons of Artesia, NM; nine grandchildren, four step grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife; one daughter, Norma Scott; his; and six brothers. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 3513 10th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79415.