Funeral services for Gladys Marie (Babe) Suitor Scott, 94, of Corinth are set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Nail and Rev. Trey Lambert officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday night from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at McPeters Funeral Home.
Mrs. Scott died Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Magnolia Regional Hospital. Born on November 5, 1923, she was the youngest of seven children of J.M. (Bud) Suitor and Lelia Katie McElhannon Suitor. Upon graduation from Alcorn Agricultural High School (AAHS) as valedictorian, her college education was delayed when the principal of AAHS asked her to fill the vacancy of a math teacher who was conscripted into the service during World War II. This teaching experience led her to pursue a degree and career in education.
She graduated from Mississippi State University summa cum laude (with highest honor), receiving her Bachelor of Science in 1947. She held a lifetime Mississippi teaching certificate in both secondary and elementary education. She dedicated her professional life to educating generations of Alcorn County youth, starting each school day with a Bible story. She was known as a gifted and dedicated educator, who challenged her students to reach their full potential. She was recognized upon retirement by the Superintendent of Education for forty years of excellent service in secondary and elementary education. Mrs. Scott was also chosen as the outstanding teacher of the year several times. She is listed in both the first and second editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
She was a member of the National Retired Teachers Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a member and former officer in the Mississippi Retired Teachers Association, Alcorn County 4-H Association, the Auxiliary of the Gideon’s International, and the Mississippi Homemaker Volunteers. She was a lifelong member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Later in life she regularly attended Kossuth United Methodist Church. When she became physically unable to attend, her Kossuth church family faithfully visited and provided spiritual support and guidance.
On September 16, 1948 she married Robert (Bob) Albert Scott III, whom she met while attending Mississippi State University. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-seven years; a son Benjamin (Bud) Andrew Scott and a grandson, Christopher (Chris) Kirby Kelly. Survivors include two sons, Robert Albert Scott IV and his wife, Dr. Susan Dalton Scott, John Curry Scott and his wife, Connie Crabb Scott and a daughter-in-law, June Lancaster Scott, all of Corinth; two daughters, Dr. Lelia Frances Scott Kelly and her husband Jerry Kelly of Corinth, Dr. Mae Elizabeth Scott Wright and her husband, Dr. Ben Wright II of Water Valley; 13 grandchildren, Jenny Scott Settlemires, Cindy Scott Palmer, Bud Scott II, Johnny Frank Scott, James Kelly, Philip Kelly, Johnathan Scott, Andy Wright, James Wright, Ben Wright, Robert Scott V, Russell Scott and Ryan Scott; 8 great-grandchildren, Katie Lynn Settlemires, Brayden Settlemires, Jacob Wright, Addison Scott, Payton Scott, Evelyn Scott, Noah Scott and Sonja Scott.
Pallbearers will be members of the Corinth Gideon Camp. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gideon International for memorial Bibles in her name.
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