Hubert Boyd Scott

Hubert Boyd Scott of Cypress Inn, TN was born February 21, 1941 in Wayne County, TN, the son of the late Minos Carl and Edna Mae Houston Scott.

In his younger years, Mr. Scott was a top athlete in school in Wabash, IN. He was a good wood worker, a retired automotive engineer, a member of the Shriner's and Mason's and served in the United States Army, where he was awarded the Purple Heart.

Mr. Scott had lived in Tennessee, Indiana and Oklahoma. He liked to make people smile and at the nursing home, he always had a smile on his face. He was very appreciative of the care John David and Sherry Sherrill gave him.

Mr. Scott departed this life on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee at the age of 78 Years, 4 Months, 9 Days.

He is survived by a daughter, Cynthia Hensley of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Heather Mincey and Madison Hensley; great-grandchildren, Carmeron, Caleb, Mackenna and Brynna; sisters, Barbara Chopson, husband, Doug and Mary Elease Kersey all of Wabash, IN; nephews, Sam Henton, Robyn Robinson, Randy Robinson, Dough Chopson, Jr. and Scott Chopson.

Services will be Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Shackelford Funeral Directors chapel, Collinwood, Tennessee, with John E. Banks officiating. Burial with military rites will follow in McGlamery Cemetery, Collinwood, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 3, 2019 from 9 am until service time at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be John David Sherrill, Howard Brewer, Terry Parrett, Stanley Whitehead, David Horton and Scott Chopson.