Linda M. Humphrey Scott
SCOTT
Linda M. Humphrey Scott, 72, a former resident of Hambleton, West Virginia, and more recently a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Tuesday evening, May 23, 2023, at the Davis Medical Center at Elkins, West Virginia. She had been in declining health although death was unexpected.
She was born Monday, July 10, 1950, at Parsons, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Ellis Parker Humphrey and Keitha Mae James Ankrom.
On Sept. 29, 1972, at Oakland, Maryland, she was married to Stephen Lee Scott, who survives. They had celebrated 50 years of marriage.
Also surviving are one son, Stephen M. “Mike” Scott and wife, Allyson, of Elkins; one daughter, Dr. Tricia Scott and husband, Tom Murphy, of Georgia; one brother, Ellis “Duke” Humphrey and wife, Abby, of Alpena; three grandchildren, Lincoln Scott and Madison and Sam Murphy; and several cousins and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death are one granddaughter, Autumn Stephanie Scott; and her stepfather, Delbert “Red” Ankrom.
She was a graduate and Valedictorian of Parsons High School with the class of 1968. She was a college graduate and later worked at the former Memorial General Hospital in Elkins, West Virginia, and retired from the Tucker County Health Dept. as an Administrator. She loved her cats and her family very much.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Monday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Neil Parsons will officiate and interment will follow at the Bethel Cemetery at Holly Meadows, West Virginia.
The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Linda M. Humphrey Scott.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.