Flora, known in Palatka, as "Flo," was born in Fountain, Bay County, on November 12, 1915, and died at the age of 88 of renal failure in Palatka's Hospice of the Lakes on July 20, 2004.
She was the oldest child of Nathan Henry Scott and Audrey Mae Smith. During the Florida boom of the 1920s she moved with her parents to Groveland, Florida, where her father became foreman of the local sawmill. Three rambunctious sons were born in rapid succession. In 1928 the Great Depression struck, the construction bubble burst and mother Audrey Mae perished from a fatal child birthing. Nathan Scott took his brood back to the family homestead in West Florida. There, the sudden impact of child rearing and household duties drove the 14 year old Flora from home and into the care of other relatives. This stressful period disrupted her life and educational opportunities. Nevertheless, her inherent intelligence, her sense of purpose, her charm, and her fine physique and lovely face rendered Flora a most attractive woman in any setting. In 1932 she attracted the attention of a young schoolteacher, Bernice Angus Wilkes, who was renting rooms in her grandfather, Bryan Scott's house. During that year Bryant died. The following year Flora and B. A. eloped while her uncles and own father pulled down Bryant's "big" house for salvage, claiming their inheritance. B.A. Wilkes' energetic ambition to succeed in life was matched by Flora's sense of purpose.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980. survivors include son Delano Wilkes and wife Dona Murren Wilkes of St. Augustine, son Scott Wilkes Sr. of San Francisco and her son John Wilkes II and his son John Wilkes III, both of Palatka. of Ft. Worth, grandson Scott Wilkes Jr.
A private graveside service was July 24, 2004 at West View Cemetery in Palatka. Masters Funeral Home in Palatka is handling arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 31 Jul 2004.)
She was the oldest child of Nathan Henry Scott and Audrey Mae Smith. During the Florida boom of the 1920s she moved with her parents to Groveland, Florida, where her father became foreman of the local sawmill. Three rambunctious sons were born in rapid succession. In 1928 the Great Depression struck, the construction bubble burst and mother Audrey Mae perished from a fatal child birthing. Nathan Scott took his brood back to the family homestead in West Florida. There, the sudden impact of child rearing and household duties drove the 14 year old Flora from home and into the care of other relatives. This stressful period disrupted her life and educational opportunities. Nevertheless, her inherent intelligence, her sense of purpose, her charm, and her fine physique and lovely face rendered Flora a most attractive woman in any setting. In 1932 she attracted the attention of a young schoolteacher, Bernice Angus Wilkes, who was renting rooms in her grandfather, Bryan Scott's house. During that year Bryant died. The following year Flora and B. A. eloped while her uncles and own father pulled down Bryant's "big" house for salvage, claiming their inheritance. B.A. Wilkes' energetic ambition to succeed in life was matched by Flora's sense of purpose.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980. survivors include son Delano Wilkes and wife Dona Murren Wilkes of St. Augustine, son Scott Wilkes Sr. of San Francisco and her son John Wilkes II and his son John Wilkes III, both of Palatka. of Ft. Worth, grandson Scott Wilkes Jr.
A private graveside service was July 24, 2004 at West View Cemetery in Palatka. Masters Funeral Home in Palatka is handling arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 31 Jul 2004.)
Flora, known in Palatka, as "Flo," was born in Fountain, Bay County, on November 12, 1915, and died at the age of 88 of renal failure in Palatka's Hospice of the Lakes on July 20, 2004.
She was the oldest child of Nathan Henry Scott and Audrey Mae Smith. During the Florida boom of the 1920s she moved with her parents to Groveland, Florida, where her father became foreman of the local sawmill. Three rambunctious sons were born in rapid succession. In 1928 the Great Depression struck, the construction bubble burst and mother Audrey Mae perished from a fatal child birthing. Nathan Scott took his brood back to the family homestead in West Florida. There, the sudden impact of child rearing and household duties drove the 14 year old Flora from home and into the care of other relatives. This stressful period disrupted her life and educational opportunities. Nevertheless, her inherent intelligence, her sense of purpose, her charm, and her fine physique and lovely face rendered Flora a most attractive woman in any setting. In 1932 she attracted the attention of a young schoolteacher, Bernice Angus Wilkes, who was renting rooms in her grandfather, Bryan Scott's house. During that year Bryant died. The following year Flora and B. A. eloped while her uncles and own father pulled down Bryant's "big" house for salvage, claiming their inheritance. B.A. Wilkes' energetic ambition to succeed in life was matched by Flora's sense of purpose.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980. survivors include son Delano Wilkes and wife Dona Murren Wilkes of St. Augustine, son Scott Wilkes Sr. of San Francisco and her son John Wilkes II and his son John Wilkes III, both of Palatka. of Ft. Worth, grandson Scott Wilkes Jr.
A private graveside service was July 24, 2004 at West View Cemetery in Palatka. Masters Funeral Home in Palatka is handling arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 31 Jul 2004.)
She was the oldest child of Nathan Henry Scott and Audrey Mae Smith. During the Florida boom of the 1920s she moved with her parents to Groveland, Florida, where her father became foreman of the local sawmill. Three rambunctious sons were born in rapid succession. In 1928 the Great Depression struck, the construction bubble burst and mother Audrey Mae perished from a fatal child birthing. Nathan Scott took his brood back to the family homestead in West Florida. There, the sudden impact of child rearing and household duties drove the 14 year old Flora from home and into the care of other relatives. This stressful period disrupted her life and educational opportunities. Nevertheless, her inherent intelligence, her sense of purpose, her charm, and her fine physique and lovely face rendered Flora a most attractive woman in any setting. In 1932 she attracted the attention of a young schoolteacher, Bernice Angus Wilkes, who was renting rooms in her grandfather, Bryan Scott's house. During that year Bryant died. The following year Flora and B. A. eloped while her uncles and own father pulled down Bryant's "big" house for salvage, claiming their inheritance. B.A. Wilkes' energetic ambition to succeed in life was matched by Flora's sense of purpose.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980. survivors include son Delano Wilkes and wife Dona Murren Wilkes of St. Augustine, son Scott Wilkes Sr. of San Francisco and her son John Wilkes II and his son John Wilkes III, both of Palatka. of Ft. Worth, grandson Scott Wilkes Jr.
A private graveside service was July 24, 2004 at West View Cemetery in Palatka. Masters Funeral Home in Palatka is handling arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 31 Jul 2004.)
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