Obituaries written by Ruth Scott herself: Written: Feb. 7, 2013 Ruth Inez (Pistole) Scott was born November 27, 1923 to Jim & Laura (Dickerson) Pistole at Memphis, Texas. The family of Ruths consisted of 2 half-sisters, Myrt & Lucile and 4 half-brothers, Blondie, Thomas, James and Ted. After the cotton crop was harvested, family went to a non-productive farm in the Denton/McKinney area of East Texas. They operated a caf for some time before moving to San Antonio where Ruths sister, Doris was born in 1927. The building business was good for Jim and the boys and things were going better until Jim was crushed by the elevator in one of the well-known buildings there & died in November of 1928. The half-brothers with help from their sisters made their way in different directions, but kept in touch with Laura and the sisters until their deaths. Laura, with help from her father and a brother from near Oklahoma City, brought Jims body and her two daughters to Oklahoma where Jim was buried at the Kansas Cemetery at Piedmont, Oklahoma where Ruth will be laid to rest, too. Laura went to work in Oklahoma City, leaving her two daughters in a 24/7 type nursery until she could get work and have them with her. She was a teacher, but needed some additional Oklahoma training to meet requirements. Room and boarding facilities were the answer finally when Louis Wimbray needed a cook/nurse to meet special food requirements after war-time injuries in Cuba. Laura fit the needs and he let them all live together and was a father figure to Doris and Ruth and a Grandfather to their kids until his death about 1950. Ruth and Doris learned early not to argue with each other. It was long before the "time-out" signal, but principle the same. They were sent to their little green wicker rockers that mother had bought with the little money she received after lawyers finished her case against Papas deadly accident with the elevator. They had to sit, facing each other, until peace was declared. Rockers later went to younger Dickerson cousins, but maybe not for same purposes. Doris and Ruth went to the old Emerson school, Kindergarten thru sixth, old Roosevelt seventh thru ninth and old Central, tenth thru twelfths and graduation. During the summers of 9th, 10th, and 11th grades, Ruth worked during harvest for Uncle Ralph and Aunt Dora at their Cashion, OK farm and with cousins Dolores, David and Donna Dickerson. She became a Christian during that time and became a life-time member of the First Free Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Other Dickerson Uncles, Aunts and Cousins, as well as Dickerson grandparents, were a large part of her life as she loved them all so dearly. Too many have preceded her in death although she was 3rd from the oldest of the 10 cousins. Her own younger sister died before her too, as did her son Larry and daughter Barbara McBride and husband Sam. Summer after graduation in 1941, Ruth went to work for the government. President Roosevelts National Youth Administration (NYA). In Feb. of 1942, she was promoted from Regional office to State Authority of the program and met Sam Scott on the first day of the new job on 2-23-1942. They were married 5-14-1942, Sams 23rd birthday. They celebrated 48 married years, prior to his death in 1990. He was qualified to be drafted anytime, so they decided for him to volunteer and get his service done before starting a family. He left Oct. 42 for Basic in California then back to Kansas for Port of Embarkation to ALCAN (Alaska Canada) Highway and -72 temp when he landed in Canada. That was about too much for a good ole SE Oklahoma boy that didnt see below freezing too many times in his life. He was at several locations along the Highway until home for leave about May of 1944. Ruth had worked at Armour & Co. Meat Company after Sam went to ALCAN, but quit to be with Sam in Texas until he changed bases again. She was pregnant and did not go back to work outside the home for some time. Larry was born 6-20-45, but Sam had broken an arm working on base and did not get to see him until he was 6 months old. Sam went to work for telephone company sometime after military discharge and worked there until medical retirement in 1983 with Alzheimers. He lived with that for 7 years before he died. Daughter, Barbara was born a snowy night 12-7-49. She rounded out Ruth & Sams family until later when grandkids and great-grandkids and great-greats came along. Both kids worked for SWB at some part of their life, as had their dad, an aunt (my sis) and uncle and cousins. We were really a telephone company family. Ruths last job of 23 years was government again with FHA/HUD. She ended up working in about every department they had and had many dear friends during and since, but again, many have gone on ahead of her. Her sister had liked Ruths in-laws, so she married younger brother, Bill, and had son & daughter Mark & Judy. Ruths remaining family is granddaughter, Julie McBride, her 3 girls & 6 grandchildren, Michael & Josie Scott, grandson and wife; and granddaughter Susan Robinson & 2 girls, 1 son & 6 grandchildren, and daughter-in-love Judy Scott and her family. Dear friend Loretta Wallis, her loving , lovable sounding board, and many of you other dear friends are remembered as I write this and remaining Scott kin is muchly loved, too, some in-laws, nieces & nephews- Bless you all. Ruth loved her family, in-laws and out-laws, too so dearly from grandparent down thru the generation to great-greats and took care of some of them thru physical & mental trials. Yes, she made mistakes, but believed the Lord forgave her before He called her home. Losing Sam and their son & daughter so many years before her own death, left two special grandkids and spouses to see Ruth thru her final years. They did so lovingly with thoughtfulness & sweetness and made those last years a wonderful blessing for Ruth. Funeral Service Friday, January 26, 2018 02:00 PM Mercer-Adams Chapel 3925 N. Asbury Bethany, OK 73008