Obituary

Services for Bill Scott, 66, of Abernathy, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Abernathy First Baptist Church with the Rev. John Lowrie officiating. Burial will follow in Abernathy Cemetery by Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy. Mr. Scott died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, in Lubbock. He was born May 30, 1939, in Plainview and married Linda Mull on Dec. 31, 1960, in Plainview. He served in the U.S. Army as military police in Germany from 1957-60. He was employed by SPS, beginning as a lineman and retiring as a local manager. He lived in Springlake-Earth and Dimmitt prior to moving to Abernathy in 1977. He was a member of Abernathy Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Board, served as fire chief and assistant chief on the Abernathy Volunteer Fire Department, and was a Master Mason and Past Master in the Abernathy Lodge #1142. He was a member of Abernathy First Baptist Church and also a "church builder" for the Texas Baptist Men's Association, and was selected Citizen of the Year in 1993. Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, Bryan Scott and wife Rebecca of New Deal; three daughters and three sons-in-law, Bilinda Prater and husband Robert, and Beth Harkey and husband Curtis, all of Abernathy, and Barbie Pope and husband Del Ray of Pilot Point; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard Scott and wife Evelyn of Plainview; and nine grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to First Baptist Church, Parking Lot Fund, 411 7th Street, Abernathy, TX 79311.