Shirle Scott

Shirle Widner Scott, 63, of Buena Vista, GA, died at her residence Tuesday, September 18, 2018.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, September 23, 2018, in the chapel of Watson-Tante Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 6-8PM.  Pallbearers will be Ryan Widner, Rueben Widner, Jason Studdard, Caleb Scott, Raiden Wiggins, Matt Folds and Josh Mattson.

Mrs. Scott was born August 28, 1955, in Marianna, FL to the late James Lunsford Widner and Evelyn Clyde Faircloth Widner McLendon. She married Dennis Jarrell Scott on February 14, 1973 in Marion. She loved spending time on her porch watching and taking pictures of wildlife, especially hummingbirds.  Mrs. Scott enjoyed drawing and painting, but most of all she loved being with her children and grandchildren. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis Scott, her son, Jeromy Lamar Scott; two sisters, Martha Sue Welch and Gloria Chapman; and her step-father, H.S. McLendon.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Christopher Joel and Amity Scott of Box Springs, GA; a daughter and son-in-law, Julia Denise and Terry Roberts of Buena Vista, GA; and three grandchildren, Taylor Mattson, Ashley Scott and Dylan Scott; two brothers, Kenneth Widner of Cochran, GA and Danny Widner of Buena Vista, GA; a brother-in-law, Jeff Welch of Buena Vista, GA; and several nieces and nephews.