St. Clair County Obits

REV. ROBERT O. SCOTT

St. Clair County Courier
Friday, 11 April 2008
REV. ROBERT O. SCOTT - Robert Orval Scott was born Dec. 5, 1926 to R.O. and Hazel Frances [Boomershine} Scott at their home in St. Clair County near Brownington. He passed April 4, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Branson. He attended Harris Bend Grade School, a one room rural school. His high school years were spent at Deepwater where he graduated Valedictorian of his class. Robert spent the next two years attending college at Mt. Zion Bible School, near Ava, where he received an Associate of Arts Degree. He later attended Kansas City College and Bible School for one semester. Additional training was taken to qualify as a Nursing Home Administrator.
Robert was saved at Mt. Olive Church of God [Holiness] in Benton County, where the paster, his father. R.O. Scott ministered. His father, also, baptized him in Hogles Creek near Wisdom. Later, Bob was sanctified at Mt. Zion Bible School. He felt the Lord calling him into the ministry so he was licensed by the Mt. Zion Church in 1947. Rev. T.F. Evans and P.M. Cowen administered at this service.
In 1951, when Robert was pastoring the Church of God [Holiness] at ElDorado, Kansas, he was ordained by two elders, his father and Rev. James Poe. Robert also pastored churches at Clarksburg Valley near Fort
Scott, Kansas, Bynumville and Moberly, plus co-pastoring at the Lowry City Church of God
[Holiness]. Robert ministered a total of 25 years in these churches.
Since students were not allowed to marry during the school year at Mt. Zion, Bob chose to set his wedding
date at midnight, May 14, 1948 [the day school closed] and he married Ilah Ruth Burrows that night. One
daughter, Marilyn Ruth, was born to their marriage.  Both Ilah and Marilyn Ruth were tragically killed in a
car acident in 1972.
Robert spent 16 years as administrator of the Truman Lake Manor, Inc. at Lowry City. He also was the
administrator at the care center in Moberly, MO.
In 1973, Robert married Helen [Raulston] Shipman and they spent almost 35 happy years together. They moved to Branson in 1996 where they worked at Honey Suckle Inn for four years and Grand Crown Resorts for ten years.
He is survived by his wife, Helen of their home in Branson, one granddaughter, Sheri Hartell and husband,
Dan and their children Randy, Dylan, Miranda and two-year-old twins, Joshua and Justin of Chicago
Ridge, Illinois; three step-children Jim Shipman and wife Sheila, Raytown, Jerry Shipman and wife, Fran,
Jefferson City, and a daughter, Mary Lingafelter and husband, Larry, Wichita, Kansas; seven step-grandchildren, 10 step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruth McCarthy and Ruby Rice, Lowry City;
three brotherss, Noel and Harold Scott, Lowry City and David Scott, Jefferson City. One brother, Donovan
Scott preceded him in death last October.
Services were held Monday, April 7, at the Lowry City Church of God [Holiness] with Rev. Noel Scott, Rev. Thomas E. Reed, Rev. A.R. Wilson and Rev. Steve Elsey officiating. Music was provided by the Scott Family. Casketbearers were Bob and Helen's family. Interment was in the Lowry City Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Mt. Zion Bible College.