Opal Ruth Malone Scott
October 29, 2017
Date of Service: November 3, 2017
Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper
Opal Ruth Malone Scott, age 90, of Greensboro, North Carolina, formerly of Watauga, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, October 29, 2017 from Beacon Place Hospice in Greensboro, NC, following a brief illness. Opal was a native of Carter County and was a daughter of the late Earl and Chessie Bare Malone. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Ross Scott, Jr.; two sons, Walter (Tee Hee) Scott and Larry Gene Scott; a daughter, Sandra Kay Scott Carver; and several brothers and sisters.
Opal had worked at Bemberg in the spinning room and afterwards she had worked as a caregiver. She was a member of Fellowship Community Church of Watauga and she enjoyed being with her family.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Kathy Scott Foust and husband Johnny, of Fayetteville, North Carolina and Loretta Ruth Scott Rasnick and Floyd Robertson, of Greensboro, North Carolina; a son, Thomas Raymond Scott, of Lisbon, Ohio; a daughter-in-law, Tisa Scott, of Watauga; thirteen grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to celebrate the life of Opal Ruth Malone Scott will be conducted at 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 2, 2017 in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Mr. Paul Peer, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the funeral home chapel, prior to the service on Thursday.
The graveside service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, November 3, 2017 at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Ronnie Carver, Brian Carver, Michael Foust, Chris Rasnick, Dakota Scott, Dawson Foust, John Ross Rasnick, and Kip Allen Grooms. Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Gene Oaks. Those wishing to attend the service are asked to meet at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton at 10:15 AM to go in procession.
Online condolences may be shared with the family on our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. The Scott family is being assisted by Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, office 423-542-2232, obituary line 423-543-4917.
