Family Tree:
Spouse:  Florence Patrick Scott

Children:  Deneen Leigh Scott dob 4/3/64
Roger William Scott dob 3/23/70 dod 12/24/00

Grandchildren:  None listed

Parents:  Jennie Hagler and John Jordon
Grandparents
Emma and Isom Scott raised him

Siblings:  Juanita Jordon May
Dorothy Henry Smith
Erskine Jordon
Ralph Jordon
Charles Jordon
Deborah Parker
Ronald Jordon
Cynthia Threadgill

Grandparents:  None listed
 
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William Howard Scott

Birth Date: 4/14/1937
Death Date: 8/26/1998
Washington Park North Cemetery
Garden of Saint Luke, Section 80 A, Grave 4





Bill, while attending Crispus Attucks High School. Crispus Attucks H.S. State Championship Team, 1955. Bill #14 (first row on the left), and team member Oscar Robertson #43 (first row 5th from left).
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Early days growing up in Alabama, Bill (l) riding a bicycle. Bill's mother Jennie Hagler and Mrs. Emma Scott, grandmother who loved and raised him from childhood to adulthood.



Bill, while attending Crispus Attucks High School. Crispus Attucks H.S. State Championship Team, 1955. Bill #14 (first row on the left), and team member Oscar Robertson #43 (first row 5th from left).



(top L, Bottom L) Bill shooting basketball for Butler University. (R) Bill #14 making a rebound.



(top) Bill and wife, Florence. Bill and daughter, Deneen dancing at her wedding. Bill, first teaching job at IPS #36. (bottom) Daughter, Deneen and son, Roger. Bill's beloved son, Roger William Scott.



(top) Family Picture. (middle) Bill in his classroom. (bottom) Roman's Social Club of which Bill was an active member; Bill is second from the left.



(top and middle) Bill participating in "The Old Timers High School Basketball ." (bottom) Surprise 50th Birthday Party, given by wife, Florence.



(top) A participant of the Hoosier Millionaire Game, Bill did not win a million but came out a big winner. (bottom) Bill making a speech.



Bill was inducted in 199 8 to the Butler University Hall of Fame. (top) Here he is at the banquet with Fuller Jones, Dr. William Swatts and Willie Gardner. (bottom) Wife, Florence, son, Roger and Bill.



Celebration of Life



Memorial dedication of the William "Bill" H. Scott Youth Recreation Area on the grounds of Witherspoon Presbyterian Church., Bill's church since childhood. The memorial denotes the area on grounds north of the church.


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