Mary Margarette Scott was known around Belmont campus as “Emmy.” She died Feb. 2 on her way to a missions conference in Texas. The Rev. Eric Falk, director of missions at Emmy’s church, also died when their van reportedly hit ice and crossed into oncoming traffic near Little Rock, Ark. Emmy was 23.
She was an ‘06 honors graduate at Belmont and was pursuing a master’s in mathematical sciences at MTSU.
“She loved her family. She loved her church. She loved Belmont. Her ultimate goal was to come back and teach here,” said family friend James Cook, who worked with her in the math department and knew her as a fellow member at Christ Church in Nashville.
Family and friends remember Emmy as having a heart for people, as well as a heart for missions and math. She clocked hundreds of tutoring hours with the math department and contributed undergraduate research to her field, which took years of patience to see through. In her church work, she traveled to places as far and wide as Haiti and Israel.
Professor Glenn Acree worked with Emmy on her math research nearly every week for more than three years. He remembers Emmy as a “natural teacher” in the context of showing a peer the next step in a math problem, but also in life.
“She did that for people, helped them get through situations — taught them how to live in a sense, which is a big deal,” Acree said.
She continued to teach, helping with a few classes at MTSU, and learned from others.
In the Belmont Honors program, students write a personal statement of beliefs in their freshman and senior years. A central theme in both of Emmy’s documents is her memory of Davy Lovell, a peer who died of bone cancer during her senior year at Goodpasture Christian School, Madison, Tenn.
“Memories of Davy are still in my mind and the positive influence he left on our school motivated me toward many personal achievements. Overall, it ... taught me to build positive characteristics in myself and spurred me to look for those in others.”
“... I have lived under the belief that every situation is a learning opportunity. This belief was first instilled in me by my parents but was not solidified as one of my beliefs until the death of my friend...”
Emmy also wrote about a trip to Israel that reminded her to draw strength from her faith. She wrote about finishing her thesis and how the experience taught her to “press through difficult times and finish well.”
The ceremony celebrating Emmy’s life was at Christ Church Feb. 6. More than a thousand people attended.
“We concluded on a high note of worship and praise and that’s what Emmy would have wanted,” said Emmy’s mother.
Survivors are her parents, Tommy and Becky Scott; brother, Ben Scott; maternal grandparents, Calvin and Margarette Carter; and paternal grandmother, Mary Martha Scott.
From: http://belmontvision.com/articles/07_articles/070214_new_emmy.html
She was an ‘06 honors graduate at Belmont and was pursuing a master’s in mathematical sciences at MTSU.
“She loved her family. She loved her church. She loved Belmont. Her ultimate goal was to come back and teach here,” said family friend James Cook, who worked with her in the math department and knew her as a fellow member at Christ Church in Nashville.
Family and friends remember Emmy as having a heart for people, as well as a heart for missions and math. She clocked hundreds of tutoring hours with the math department and contributed undergraduate research to her field, which took years of patience to see through. In her church work, she traveled to places as far and wide as Haiti and Israel.
Professor Glenn Acree worked with Emmy on her math research nearly every week for more than three years. He remembers Emmy as a “natural teacher” in the context of showing a peer the next step in a math problem, but also in life.
“She did that for people, helped them get through situations — taught them how to live in a sense, which is a big deal,” Acree said.
She continued to teach, helping with a few classes at MTSU, and learned from others.
In the Belmont Honors program, students write a personal statement of beliefs in their freshman and senior years. A central theme in both of Emmy’s documents is her memory of Davy Lovell, a peer who died of bone cancer during her senior year at Goodpasture Christian School, Madison, Tenn.
“Memories of Davy are still in my mind and the positive influence he left on our school motivated me toward many personal achievements. Overall, it ... taught me to build positive characteristics in myself and spurred me to look for those in others.”
“... I have lived under the belief that every situation is a learning opportunity. This belief was first instilled in me by my parents but was not solidified as one of my beliefs until the death of my friend...”
Emmy also wrote about a trip to Israel that reminded her to draw strength from her faith. She wrote about finishing her thesis and how the experience taught her to “press through difficult times and finish well.”
The ceremony celebrating Emmy’s life was at Christ Church Feb. 6. More than a thousand people attended.
“We concluded on a high note of worship and praise and that’s what Emmy would have wanted,” said Emmy’s mother.
Survivors are her parents, Tommy and Becky Scott; brother, Ben Scott; maternal grandparents, Calvin and Margarette Carter; and paternal grandmother, Mary Martha Scott.
From: http://belmontvision.com/articles/07_articles/070214_new_emmy.html
Mary Margarette Scott was known around Belmont campus as “Emmy.” She died Feb. 2 on her way to a missions conference in Texas. The Rev. Eric Falk, director of missions at Emmy’s church, also died when their van reportedly hit ice and crossed into oncoming traffic near Little Rock, Ark. Emmy was 23.
She was an ‘06 honors graduate at Belmont and was pursuing a master’s in mathematical sciences at MTSU.
“She loved her family. She loved her church. She loved Belmont. Her ultimate goal was to come back and teach here,” said family friend James Cook, who worked with her in the math department and knew her as a fellow member at Christ Church in Nashville.
Family and friends remember Emmy as having a heart for people, as well as a heart for missions and math. She clocked hundreds of tutoring hours with the math department and contributed undergraduate research to her field, which took years of patience to see through. In her church work, she traveled to places as far and wide as Haiti and Israel.
Professor Glenn Acree worked with Emmy on her math research nearly every week for more than three years. He remembers Emmy as a “natural teacher” in the context of showing a peer the next step in a math problem, but also in life.
“She did that for people, helped them get through situations — taught them how to live in a sense, which is a big deal,” Acree said.
She continued to teach, helping with a few classes at MTSU, and learned from others.
In the Belmont Honors program, students write a personal statement of beliefs in their freshman and senior years. A central theme in both of Emmy’s documents is her memory of Davy Lovell, a peer who died of bone cancer during her senior year at Goodpasture Christian School, Madison, Tenn.
“Memories of Davy are still in my mind and the positive influence he left on our school motivated me toward many personal achievements. Overall, it ... taught me to build positive characteristics in myself and spurred me to look for those in others.”
“... I have lived under the belief that every situation is a learning opportunity. This belief was first instilled in me by my parents but was not solidified as one of my beliefs until the death of my friend...”
Emmy also wrote about a trip to Israel that reminded her to draw strength from her faith. She wrote about finishing her thesis and how the experience taught her to “press through difficult times and finish well.”
The ceremony celebrating Emmy’s life was at Christ Church Feb. 6. More than a thousand people attended.
“We concluded on a high note of worship and praise and that’s what Emmy would have wanted,” said Emmy’s mother.
Survivors are her parents, Tommy and Becky Scott; brother, Ben Scott; maternal grandparents, Calvin and Margarette Carter; and paternal grandmother, Mary Martha Scott.
From: http://belmontvision.com/articles/07_articles/070214_new_emmy.html
She was an ‘06 honors graduate at Belmont and was pursuing a master’s in mathematical sciences at MTSU.
“She loved her family. She loved her church. She loved Belmont. Her ultimate goal was to come back and teach here,” said family friend James Cook, who worked with her in the math department and knew her as a fellow member at Christ Church in Nashville.
Family and friends remember Emmy as having a heart for people, as well as a heart for missions and math. She clocked hundreds of tutoring hours with the math department and contributed undergraduate research to her field, which took years of patience to see through. In her church work, she traveled to places as far and wide as Haiti and Israel.
Professor Glenn Acree worked with Emmy on her math research nearly every week for more than three years. He remembers Emmy as a “natural teacher” in the context of showing a peer the next step in a math problem, but also in life.
“She did that for people, helped them get through situations — taught them how to live in a sense, which is a big deal,” Acree said.
She continued to teach, helping with a few classes at MTSU, and learned from others.
In the Belmont Honors program, students write a personal statement of beliefs in their freshman and senior years. A central theme in both of Emmy’s documents is her memory of Davy Lovell, a peer who died of bone cancer during her senior year at Goodpasture Christian School, Madison, Tenn.
“Memories of Davy are still in my mind and the positive influence he left on our school motivated me toward many personal achievements. Overall, it ... taught me to build positive characteristics in myself and spurred me to look for those in others.”
“... I have lived under the belief that every situation is a learning opportunity. This belief was first instilled in me by my parents but was not solidified as one of my beliefs until the death of my friend...”
Emmy also wrote about a trip to Israel that reminded her to draw strength from her faith. She wrote about finishing her thesis and how the experience taught her to “press through difficult times and finish well.”
The ceremony celebrating Emmy’s life was at Christ Church Feb. 6. More than a thousand people attended.
“We concluded on a high note of worship and praise and that’s what Emmy would have wanted,” said Emmy’s mother.
Survivors are her parents, Tommy and Becky Scott; brother, Ben Scott; maternal grandparents, Calvin and Margarette Carter; and paternal grandmother, Mary Martha Scott.
From: http://belmontvision.com/articles/07_articles/070214_new_emmy.html
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