Charles Christie Scott, Sr. of Culloden, WV, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in the home of his daughter Ruth Ann. Born in Athens, WV, February 12, 1931, he was the son of the late John Irving and Annie Ruth Christie Scott. He was a Korean War Veteran. Charles was a graduate of Athens High School, earned a BS in Education and AB in Art from Concord University and an MFA in Painting and a Minor in Art History from Ohio University. He had a challenging and rewarding forty-one years as a practicing artist and teacher. He began his career teaching Art at McAdory High School for a year in McCalla, AL, before returning to West Virginia, where he taught at Marshall University (Marshall Lab School), Huntington Museum of Art, and Glenville State College with two Fulbright Exchanges. The first exchange was to Southport College of Art and Design in Southport, England, and the second to Anglia University in Brentwood, England. As a practicing artist he gravitated to ceramics and participated in many invitational and national juried exhibitions. He and his wife, Janet Mae Worley Scott, enjoyed travelling both here and abroad. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Janet; one son, Charles Christie Scott, Jr.; and three siblings: John I (Jack) Scott Jr., George Warren Scott, and Margaret Ann Scott. He is survived by daughters, Stella Mae Moon and husband Gary, and Ruth Ann Scott; one son, Irving E. Scott; one brother, Robert Milton (Bob) Scott and wife Sandy, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the George W. Seaver Chapel of the Seaver Funeral home in Princeton with brother in Christ Udell Meyers officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 12:00 Noon until the service hour on Tuesday. Interment follows at Athens Cemetery in Athens. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Christian Friends of Korea, 129 Center Avenue, Black Mountain, NC 28771, or The Korean War Educator c/o Lynnita Brown, 111 E Houghton Street, Tuscola, IL 61953, or to a charity of your choice. For your safety and the safety of others, please wear a mask and observe social distancing. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.seaverfuneralservice.com.
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Charles Christie Scott, Sr. of Culloden, WV, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in the home of his daughter Ruth Ann. Born in Athens, WV, February 12, 1931, he was the son of the late John Irving and Annie Ruth Christie Scott. He was a Korean War Veteran. Charles was a graduate of Athens High Schoo
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