Rochelle Marye Scott

SCOTT, ROCHELLE MARYE Rochelle Marye Scott, 80 of Waco died Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at a local nursing home. Services will be held at 11:30am Friday, August 30 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel, 6101 Bosque Blvd.with Rev. Jody Gousset officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6-8pm Thursday, August 29 at the funeral home. Mrs. Scott was born February 17, 1922 in Waco to Bena E. and Farest L. Walters. She graduated from Waco High School in 1939, where she was a member of the tennis team. Rochelle married classmate, Johnny Pyles, a pilot, who was killed in a bombing mission during WWII in the European Theater. On a blind date, she met future husband, George Robert Scott, Jr., whom she married July 18, 1946, he preceded her in death July 20, 2000. During their military life, the Scotts lived in France, where their first child, Debra Kay was born. A second child, George Robert Scott, III was born two years later at Fort Hood in Killeen. The family moved to Hawaii where Rochelle taught Sunday School and discovered her talent for hula dancing, Japanese Flower Arranging and playing the ukulele. The Scotts were residents of Hawaii, when it was granted statehood. The Scott family survived the Hilo, Hawaii tidal wave of 1960 and shortly thereafter retired to Waco. Rochelle fulfilled her lifetime ambition by becoming an LVN. She was a student of the last graduating class of Hillcrest Baptist Hospital. She served the Waco Community as an emergency room nurse until her retirement in 1978. She filled her time with her grandchildren and enjoyed memberships in the Garden Forum as well as the Waco Historical Foundation, where she served as president of the Earl Napier Kinard House 1986-1987. Her sense of humor and strength will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Survivors include daughter, Debra Kelinske of Waco, son, George R. Bob Scott, III and wife, Elizabeth of Alexandria, Virginia, and grandchildren, Daniel L. Kelinske of Lewisville, Joshua R. Kelinske, and Candice M. Kelinske both of Waco. Memorials may be made to Parkinson’s Foundation, Waco Historic Foundation, or The Garden Forum. Memorial guestbook at www.wilkirsonhatchbailey.com. WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY