Date of birth: 31 Dec 1911
Date of death: 03 Jan 1993

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Burial Information

Section 06 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0609-03
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Claudia Gelston Scott

Mrs. Claudia Gelston Scott, 81, died of heart failure Sunday, January 3 at her home in Lexington following an extended illness.

Funeral services for Mrs. Scott were held on Tuesday, January 5 at 11:00 a.m. at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington. Officiating minister was the Rev. Michael O’Brien. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

A native of Attala County, Mrs. Scott was a member of First Baptist Church in Lexington where she was a member of the Senior Ladies Sunday School Class. She also was a member of the adult choir; she served on the Lord’s Supper Committee and the Baptismal Committee for many years. She and her late husband “Scott” owned and operated Orchid Beauty Shop for over fifty years.

Her husband, W. F. Scott, preceded her in death on Christmas Day, 1992. Survivors include: two brothers, Roy F. Gelston of Lexington and Tommy R. Gelston of West; three sisters, Pauline Cummins of Columbus, Reba Lewis of Jackson and Julia Johnson of Indian Rock Beach, Florida; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Serving as active pallbearers were Billy Zeigler, Calvin Moore, Mike Lammons, Mack Grantham, Jack Farmer and Frank Rogers.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
January 7, 1993, vol. 35, no, 1, pg. 2

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Family Members

Parents
George F. Gelston
1884–1956

Mattie Dee Newsom Gelston
1885–1963

Siblings
Connie Gelston Downer
1907–1972

Harold Kent Gelston
1915–1990

Hattie Gelston Baldwin
1919–1989

Betty Pauline Gelston Cummins
1921–2019

George Gelston
1923–1984

Tommy R. Gelston
1930–2002

Spouse
Wilmon Foster Scott
1908–1992

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