William Fontaine Scott, 92, of McLean, Va., died Jan. 23, 2012, in palliative-hospice care at the Virginia Hospital Center after a brief illness. He was born in Stith Valley, Ky., to the late Walter Lee and Ruth Fontaine Scott.
Bill was raised on the family farm, and attended a one room schoolhouse, doing his homework by kerosene lighting. After graduating from Meade County High School in 1937, Bill served out his father's term of deputy sheriff at age 17, his father having died in the 1937 flood. He attended the University of Kentucky for a year, then he got an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in June 1943, the first class with wings.
A veteran of World War II, he was a B-17 pilot, flying from bases in England. He flew 29 missions by the end of that war. He served 30 years in the US Air Force, with tours in England and the Soviet Union, before retiring as a colonel. Upon retirement, he earned a doctor's degree in international relations and spent many years writing books and teaching students.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Walter C., Rena Lou Parks, Jessie Williams, Mary Foote and James F. Scott. His brother, Jack J. Scott, lives in Elizabethtown.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Harriet Fast Scott; two daughters, Barbara Morris of Columbus, Ohio, Allayne of Santa Fe, N.M.; two sons, Nicholas F. of Madison, Ind., and Christopher C. of the homeplace in McLean, Va.; six grandchildren, Mark Morris, Sam Morris, Molly McGreevy and Sarah Elliott; Luke Savage; and Jennifer Griffin; four great-grandchildren, Madelyn Morris, twins, Mason and Miles McGreevy, and Mara Elliott.
A memorial service will be held later this spring at the Bruingtonlenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Bran denburg KY with internment in the family plot in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.bjsfunerals.com.
Bill was raised on the family farm, and attended a one room schoolhouse, doing his homework by kerosene lighting. After graduating from Meade County High School in 1937, Bill served out his father's term of deputy sheriff at age 17, his father having died in the 1937 flood. He attended the University of Kentucky for a year, then he got an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in June 1943, the first class with wings.
A veteran of World War II, he was a B-17 pilot, flying from bases in England. He flew 29 missions by the end of that war. He served 30 years in the US Air Force, with tours in England and the Soviet Union, before retiring as a colonel. Upon retirement, he earned a doctor's degree in international relations and spent many years writing books and teaching students.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Walter C., Rena Lou Parks, Jessie Williams, Mary Foote and James F. Scott. His brother, Jack J. Scott, lives in Elizabethtown.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Harriet Fast Scott; two daughters, Barbara Morris of Columbus, Ohio, Allayne of Santa Fe, N.M.; two sons, Nicholas F. of Madison, Ind., and Christopher C. of the homeplace in McLean, Va.; six grandchildren, Mark Morris, Sam Morris, Molly McGreevy and Sarah Elliott; Luke Savage; and Jennifer Griffin; four great-grandchildren, Madelyn Morris, twins, Mason and Miles McGreevy, and Mara Elliott.
A memorial service will be held later this spring at the Bruingtonlenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Bran denburg KY with internment in the family plot in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.bjsfunerals.com.
William Fontaine Scott, 92, of McLean, Va., died Jan. 23, 2012, in palliative-hospice care at the Virginia Hospital Center after a brief illness. He was born in Stith Valley, Ky., to the late Walter Lee and Ruth Fontaine Scott.
Bill was raised on the family farm, and attended a one room schoolhouse, doing his homework by kerosene lighting. After graduating from Meade County High School in 1937, Bill served out his father's term of deputy sheriff at age 17, his father having died in the 1937 flood. He attended the University of Kentucky for a year, then he got an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in June 1943, the first class with wings.
A veteran of World War II, he was a B-17 pilot, flying from bases in England. He flew 29 missions by the end of that war. He served 30 years in the US Air Force, with tours in England and the Soviet Union, before retiring as a colonel. Upon retirement, he earned a doctor's degree in international relations and spent many years writing books and teaching students.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Walter C., Rena Lou Parks, Jessie Williams, Mary Foote and James F. Scott. His brother, Jack J. Scott, lives in Elizabethtown.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Harriet Fast Scott; two daughters, Barbara Morris of Columbus, Ohio, Allayne of Santa Fe, N.M.; two sons, Nicholas F. of Madison, Ind., and Christopher C. of the homeplace in McLean, Va.; six grandchildren, Mark Morris, Sam Morris, Molly McGreevy and Sarah Elliott; Luke Savage; and Jennifer Griffin; four great-grandchildren, Madelyn Morris, twins, Mason and Miles McGreevy, and Mara Elliott.
A memorial service will be held later this spring at the Bruingtonlenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Bran denburg KY with internment in the family plot in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.bjsfunerals.com.
Bill was raised on the family farm, and attended a one room schoolhouse, doing his homework by kerosene lighting. After graduating from Meade County High School in 1937, Bill served out his father's term of deputy sheriff at age 17, his father having died in the 1937 flood. He attended the University of Kentucky for a year, then he got an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in June 1943, the first class with wings.
A veteran of World War II, he was a B-17 pilot, flying from bases in England. He flew 29 missions by the end of that war. He served 30 years in the US Air Force, with tours in England and the Soviet Union, before retiring as a colonel. Upon retirement, he earned a doctor's degree in international relations and spent many years writing books and teaching students.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Walter C., Rena Lou Parks, Jessie Williams, Mary Foote and James F. Scott. His brother, Jack J. Scott, lives in Elizabethtown.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Harriet Fast Scott; two daughters, Barbara Morris of Columbus, Ohio, Allayne of Santa Fe, N.M.; two sons, Nicholas F. of Madison, Ind., and Christopher C. of the homeplace in McLean, Va.; six grandchildren, Mark Morris, Sam Morris, Molly McGreevy and Sarah Elliott; Luke Savage; and Jennifer Griffin; four great-grandchildren, Madelyn Morris, twins, Mason and Miles McGreevy, and Mara Elliott.
A memorial service will be held later this spring at the Bruingtonlenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Bran denburg KY with internment in the family plot in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.bjsfunerals.com.
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