William Scott McNair

a vigorous battle with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. He is predeceased by his father-in-law, Bobby Culpepper. He is survived by: father Bill McNair, mother Lana McNair, mother-in-law Lillian Culpepper, wife Robin McNair, MD, sister Kelly McNair, brother-in-law John Helyar, daughter Molly McNair, sons Will and Andy McNair, niece Savita Helyar, and nephews Sam and Jesse Helyar.

Scott was born on July 5, 1970 to Bill and Lana McNair in Birmingham, AL. He graduated from Briarwood High School in 1988. He earned his Bachelor of Science in zoology at Auburn University in 1992 and earned a Doctorate of Medicine with combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics specializations at the University of South Alabama in 2000. During his residency, he pursued and married Robin Culpepper, whom he fell in love with despite their massive nine month age gap (she is older). They married on September 21, 1996 and his pursuit of her only grew as they sought the Lord as One. After he finished residency, Scott became a trauma physician in the Trauma Center at University Hospital and an assistant professor of emergency medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics at the University of South Alabama. During this fifteen-year period, he and Robin had three beautiful children: Molly, 22, Will, 16, and Andy, 14. He reflected the Heavenly Father beautifully as an earthly father to his children and exemplified abiding in Jesus daily. In 2010, Scott decided to join Greater Mobile Urgent Care as a partner and spent the remainder of his career caring for patients, bringing his coworkers his favorite snacks, and occasionally pulling pranks.

Being in the same room as Scott was easy. His kindness, patience, and earnest desire to know people deeply allowed everyone he encountered to feel comfortable, welcome, and known. Scott had the gift of understanding people at a deeper level than most and found great joy in serving each of them. He always knew what gifts to buy for Christmas and usually had half of them ordered and delivered before September. Each gift was always specifically catered to the recipient of the gift because he wanted them to know how deeply they were known and loved. His eyes twinkled every time he got to watch someone enjoy their gift and their brightness filled the entire room. His eyes got bright as he talked about his passion for cooking as well. He researched flavor combinations, cooking demonstrations, and countless recipes in order to create a personal (and better) homemade version of any meal because he knew the beauty of sharing a meal with people he loved. He cooked for people often and never settled for anything short of “the best meal anyone has ever had”. If he could have pursued any job outside of medicine, he would have become a chef, and would have been very successful at that. Though, he would have naturally succeeded in any field he tried his hand in. He loved to open his home to friends for game nights, spending hours playing new games he had collected on trips to GenCon. His laughter rang through the house every time he hosted game night and brought a smile to everyone who heard it. He loved watching his children play soccer and came to every game he was physically able to. As a talented soccer player himself, he enjoyed sharing in the love of the game with his daughter and two sons and telling them stories of his own soccer highlights. He was, in fact, in the Junior Olympics for soccer.

Scott contributed his time to several organizations. He served on the boards of A Servant’s Love, the University of South Alabama Foundation Board and Jaguar Athletic Fund, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was a Fellow of the American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Internal Medicine.

At his church, Scott served as a deacon and in kids’ ministry. Having been trained in pediatrics, he greatly enjoyed spending time talking about the love God has for each child he met. This desire to pour into the next generation was furthered in his participation in Compassion International. Scott and Robin sponsored several children and taught their own children about kindness that knows no bounds. His kindness will be missed by all who loved him but will be carried on through generations. Visitation will be held at Radney Funeral Home - Mobile, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at Cottage Hill Baptist Church - Chapel on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery on Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in Birmingham, AL.

The family requests,in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Auburn Community Church (www.auburncommunitychurch.com).