Funeral services for Rev. Charles Scott will be

Saturday 3/7/15
11:00 a.m.
Pilgrim Rest BC Palestine, TX
1007 Fulton St.
Rev. Landon D. Hackett, Pastor
Rev. Keith Parks, officiating

Burial will follow in
Lone Star Cemetery Oakwood,TX



Rev. Charles Anthony Scott was born on November 17, 1949 in Palestine, Texas to parents Cleveland Scott Jr. and Velvma Lee Gipson Scott was raised in Palestine, Texas and attended Palestine ISD and Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.

Charles enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 28, 1968 and was honorably discharged on August 31, 1971. He served two tours in Vietnam.

He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at a young age. He was ordained on December 10, 1984 by Rev. T.L. Dilworth and Rev. J.F at South Union Baptist Church. He pastored several churches.

Charles married Geneva Watkin Blackstone in 2001. This union was blessed with two children.

On February 28, 2015 in Palestine, Texas, Charles left this earth on the Wings of Angels. He was preceded in death by his father, Cleveland Scott. Jr. Daughter, Nuru Maja Scott; two sons, Deleon Scott and Carlo Scott.

Those that remain to remember sweet memories: wife Geneva Scott; two sons, Freddie S. Watkins III, Otis O. Blackstone, mother, Velma Lee Gipson Scott, Palestine, Texas; siblings, Herbert Scott, Michael Scott and Debra Scott, Rene Pinson, Patricia Scott, Diane Wren, all of Fort Worth, Texas, and Karlene Calhoun, Palestine, Texas; eight grandchildren, Sharondon Johnson, Abby Gail Blackstone, Kimberely Ru'Bonza Blackstone, Jeffery James Anthony Blackstone, Joey Blackshere, Jerome Criss, Elias Briggs and Tayja Watkins, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.