Earlene F. Scott

Earlene F. Scott, 60, died Sept. 29, 2006, at Baptist 
Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. 
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at New 
Hope CME Church with the Rev. Eugene Dixon 
officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Armstrong 
Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon until 6 p.m.
at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home Chapel in Columbus, 
with the family greeting visitors from 5 to 6 p.m. 

Mrs. Scott was born Oct. 18, 1945, to the 
late Tommie and Julia Mae Ferguson. She worked for 
36 years as an assistant teacher at New Hope Elementary 
School. She was a member of New Hope CME Church 
where she was a member of the choir, a stewardess and 
on the board of trustees. 

She is survived by her son, Gayron Scott of Starkville;
 daughter, April Ellis of Columbus; brothers, Charlie 
and Joe Ferguson, both of Columbus, and Willie 
Ferguson of Muskegon, Mich.; sisters, 
Pearlie Me. Williams, Julia Mae Hudson, Celia 
Moore and Fannie Sephenson, all of Columbus, and 
Bertha Williams of Chicago; and five grandchildren. 

Howard Brewer, Jason Lang, Willie Scott, Lavarous 
Smith, Tony Stephenson and Ezell Turner will serve as 
pallbearers.