Mrs. Willie Mae Scott

OBITUARY

WILLIE MAE SCOTT, BORN APRIL 1, 1936, in ALLIGATOR, MISSISSIPPI WAS THE ONLY CHILD BORN TO OLLIE MAE TOWNSEL AND ROSEVELT BOLD. WILLIE MAE WAS EDUCATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL SYSTEM. WILLIE MAE LEFT MISSISSIPPI AND MOVED TO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI WITH HER MOM, WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED LONNIE SCOTT IN 1953. WILLIE MAE AND HER HUSBAND LATER MOVED TO CLEVELAND OHIO IN 1955.

WILLIE MAE WAS EMPLOYED AT VIRDEN LIGHTENING AND STOUFFERS FOOD WHERE SHE WORKED MAKING THOSE DELICIOUS FOOD ITEMS FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1993.

WILLIE MAE WAS KNOWN TO BE A LOVING FRIEND AND ENJOYED GIVING AND HELPING PEOPLE. SHE WAS VERY HOSPITABLE AND WAS KNOWN TO HAVE THE MOST PAPER TOWELS AND TISSUE YOU COULD IMAGINE A PERSON TO HAVE BECAUSE SHE PURCHASED IN BULK EVEN WHEN IT WAS JUST HER AND HER HUSBAND. IF YOU VISITED HER ALL YOUR NEEDS WERE MET AS YOU FELT AT HOME IN HER PRESENCE. SHE LIKED TO TRAVEL, GARDEN, COOK AND TALK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING A CHIC AND STYLISH WOMAN WHO WAS READY FOR ANY OCCASION.

AFTER HER RETIREMENT WILLIE MAE AND HER NEIGHBORS, LUCKY, BARBARA, AND GLORIA WOULD CONGREGATE ON THE PORCH IN THE SUMMER MONTHS ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY. SHE LOVED OLD MOVIES ESPECIALLY WESTERNS AND HAD RECENTLY AGREED TO SWITCH HER “FLIP PHONE” TO A SMART PHONE WHICH ONCE SHE GOT THE HANG OF SHE ENJOYED FACEBOOK WHERE SHE COULD SEE WHAT HER AUNTIE HATTIE WAS DOING AND READ HER AUNT’S AND COUSIN DIANA’S POSTS.

WHEN WILLIE HAD BECOME UNABLE TO DO THE THINGS SHE WANTED AND NEEDED TO DO HER COUSIN ROBERT STEPPED IN TO HELP HER OUT BECOMING HER CLOSE SUPPORT AND TAKING CARE OF ERRANDS AND WHATEVER SHE NEEDED HIM TO DO.

WILLIE MAE PROFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND WAS ACTIVE IN EVERLASTING BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL HER HEALTH IMPEDED HER ATTENDANCE. SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND WAS ON THE MOTHER’S BOARD. HER PASTOR WOULD ALWAYS REQUEST HER TO MAKE ONE OF HER FAMOUS GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKES FOR HIM.

WILLIE MAE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER OLLIE MAE AND SPOUSE LONNIE.

WILLIE MAE ANSWERED THE LORDS' CALL ON SATURDAY MAY 11, 2019. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER AUNT ELDER HATTIE BROWN, DAUGHTER CECILIA (DAVID); GRANDAUGHTERS SONORA(ROBBIE);ARIA AND ARTIVIA; GRANDSON ARTHUR; DEVOTED CAREGIVER COUSINS ROBERT, DIANA, AND DAVID. BROTHERS-IN-LAWS LT (PAT); BENNY (BETTY); ALBERT; DAVID (VIVIAN); SISTERS-IN-LAWS GLADYS; ESTELLE; DOROTHY AND BERNICE; SPECIAL FRIENDS LUCKY, BARBARA, GLORIA, AND GENE, AND A HOST OF OTHER COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.