St. Clair County Obits

GRACE C. KELLY

Kansas City Star
20 November 2004

Grace Crawford Scott Kelly was born October 10, 1901, in Henry County, MO, the daughter of Elder Larenzo Dow Crawford and Ella Setzer Crawford. On October 11, 1919, she married John Edward Scott. To this union were born seven children. Grace was preceded in death by two daughters who died in infancy; a son, Crawford Edward Scott, who was killed in action at Pearl Harbor; a son, William Donald Scott; a daughter, Lois Jean Scott. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, John Edward Scott. Grace married Arthur Kelly, who also preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons, John Raymond Scott of Deepwater, MO, and Eddy Lee Scott of Oak Grove, MO, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and a great-great-great grandson. Grace was saved and baptized at the Benton Blvd. Baptist Church at an early age. She was the oldest Gold Star Mother from WWII at the time of her death. Grace passed away November 18, 2004, after a short illness at the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton, MO. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 22, at First Baptist Church, Lowry City, MO; burial in Lowry City Cemetery. Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. Monday at the church.