Charles B. Scott

He was preceded in death by his mother, Mai Harper, father, Otto Banks Scott and sister, Mary Tuiaana. He is survived by his son, Carter Scott, daughter-in-law, Melissa Scott, grand-daughter, Molly Scott, sister, Martha Littlefield and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1930, graduated from East High School in 1948 and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. After discharge in 1953, he attended the Tennessee School of Broadcasting in Nashville at the recommendation of Ralph Emery.

He served the Nashville community for 57 years in radio and television broadcasting. He began his career in 1953 working as a staff announcer at WSIX Radio and WSIX-TV (now WKRN), as host of “The Tennessee Hay Ride” country music show and as announcer for Pat Boone's nightly show on WSIX. He moved on to news and deejay positions for radio stations WKDA and WMAK. From 1956 to 1962, he served as news director for WLAC Radio and covered the Tennessee Legislature as a member of the Capitol Press Corp. As recognition of his excellence in covering Tennessee government, he was awarded the honorary Colonel Aide de Camp by Governor Winfield Dunn in 1973. He returned to WSIX in 1962 working simultaneously in radio and television. Moving to television exclusively in 1983 as the news Assignment Editor for WKRN, he held that position until his retirement in 2004. He continued working part-time for local cable television stations until 2010 and worked in front of the camera as the spokesman for the Nashville 411 information service.

During his career he covered major local news events including the 1957 Nashville school integration violence, the 1960 downtown Nashville lunch counter sit-ins which lead to the desegregation of public facilities, the Tennessee State Prison hostage crisis in 1960, the Maxwell House Hotel fire in 1960, and more recently the discovery of the Clarksville and Nashville serial killings by Paul Reid from 1994 to 1997. He received numerous Associated Press honors throughout his career and two Emmy nominations for his coverage of the deadly December 24, 1988 Franklin-Brentwood tornado. In 2001, his contributions to broadcasting were recognized by the National Academy of Television Art and Sciences as a recipient of the Silver Circle Regional Emmy Award.

His community involvement included working early on with local charity Handicappers of Nashville and the American Legion's Parade of Pennies providing holiday assistance and disaster relief. He was also a member of Hickory Bend United Methodist Church in Donelson, TN.