Ruth Alice Liston Scott

The service will be at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday, November 14, at 10:00 AM. Burial will be at Mount Olive Cemetery in Scurry, Kaufman County, Texas, on Monday, November 16, at 1:00 PM, under the direction of Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home.

Ruth was born November 10, 1930, in Bernalillo, New Mexico, to Floyd and Earl Liston. At age two, she moved with her mother to Kaufman County, Texas, where she spent her early years on her grandparents’ farm. She attended school in Warsaw, Crandall, and Dallas, Texas.

In 1947, Ruth married Dewey (“Dugie”) Ray Askins. They had two daughters and a son. She moved to Lubbock in 1957 and was married to John Sousley until 1966. During those years, she worked as a legal secretary and deputy county clerk.

In 1967, she married Murry Donald Scott (Daddy Don). Together, they founded Scott Machine Tooling & Design. They belonged to the West Texas Boondockers and Red Raider Road Riders motorcycle clubs. Ruth and Don rode their Honda Gold Wing through many states and Mexico with dear friends Tommy and Barbara Fisher, Floyd and Maude McGrew, Hubert and Louise Sherman, and many others.

Ruth was active in her two businesses, Personal Bookkeeping & Tax Service and The Costume Shop on 34th Street, until age 82. She continued doing tax and bookkeeping work from home and considered her clients friends, some for more than 40 years.

Ruth was a devoted Christian with a quick wit and a ready smile. She loved her family, nature, books, poetry, making people laugh, dogs, garage sales, country music, dancing, Texas Rangers baseball, Dallas Mavericks basketball, the A.J., and the Cactus Theater.

Ruth was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, William Sherman and Minnie Alice (Johnson) Noble; her parents; her brothers Wayland Clearman and Lawrence Arnold; her beloved sister-in-law Flick Clearman; her Uncle Byrl and Aunt Mae Nobel; her three husbands; and her beloved former son-in-law, Eddie Wayne McMurray.

She is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Ann McMurray of Lubbock and Dina Sue Bell (Ted) of La Grange; and her son, Dr. Dennis Randall Askins (Ludi) of Dallas.

Her grandchildren are Kim Blankenship (Mark), Mandy Plummer (Darin), and Kristy Boyd (Bruce), daughters of Cheryl, all of Lubbock; Tamara Nelson (David), Shyanne Meekins (Matt), and Tabitha Glass (Joe), all of Spring, Texas, and Wendy Chandler (James) of Keller, Texas, daughters of Dina; and Tania Askins Relstab (Brian) and Dr. Derrick Askins (Jolica), children of Randy, of Dallas.

Ruth is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Jackson (Taylor) Blankenship, Shelby (Darren) Bruner, Payton Blankenship, Drew, Jake and Luke Tomlin, Carson and Blair Boyd, Hunter Lamb (Ryne), Sadie, Emma and Kallee Nelson, Cade, Cole and Riley Meekins, Ethan and Corban Glass, Paul, John and Simon Chandler, and Daniel Robert Askins. She is also survived by her niece Peggy Davis; nephew Richard Clearman (Lerna); and their children and grandchildren, all of Kaufman County; great-great-grandsons R.J. Lamb and Henry Lamb; and great-great-granddaughter Emma Claire Blankenship.

Ruth left these words: “An obituary is much more than a death notice. It is the final word of how a life was lived. It is family history for generations to come and is treasured by loved ones who mourn.”

Memorial contributions may be made in Ruth’s memory to In Touch Ministries, P.O. Box 7900, Atlanta, GA 30357, or online at intouch.org. For help making a gift, call 800-789-1473.