Roy Anderson Scott

1904 - 1936  (31 years)

• Name	Roy Anderson Scott
  Birth	18 Sep 1904	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	age 6, born TN, living with parents
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	age 16, born TN, living with parents
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	age 27, born TN, building bricklayer, living with parents
  Death	20 Feb 1936	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  Burial	22 Feb 1936	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN
  Person ID	I1426	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Eugene Anderson Scott,   b. 10 Aug 1873, Morris Chapel, Hardin, TN d. 23 Jul 1933, Memphis, Shelby, TN (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Annie Hill McClerkin,   b. 17 Apr 1878, Dyersburg, Dyer, TN d. 31 Mar 1947, Memphis, Shelby, TN (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1899	Tipton Co, TN
  Notes	from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002" On 19 Apr 1899 in Tipton Co, TN, Eugene Scott married Annie McClerkin
  Histories		Descendants of Captain Samuel Church of Churchville
  Family ID	F316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Glascock,   b. 25 Aug 1905, Tennessee d. 31 Dec 1997, Trenton, Gibson, TN (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1934	Arkansas
  Family ID	F4832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  from "Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958" (ancestry.com) Roy A Scott, age 32, a policeman residing Memphis, Shelby, TN, husband of Edna, born Memphis to Eugene Scott b. TN and Annie McClerkin b. TN, died on 20 Feb 1936 in Memphis of a bullet wound in the abdomen (homicide with pistol). Burial in Elmwood Cemetery on 22 Feb. Informant Mrs. Edna Scott. from "Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014" (ancestry.com) Patrolman Scott was shot and killed after he and other officer went to search for a suspect wanted for several streetcar robberies. The officers went to the suspect house on Britton Street. Officer Scott went to the back and his partner went to the front door. When Patrolman Scott's partner knocked on the door the suspect jumped out a rear window. Patrolman Scott ordered him to halt, but the suspect drew a gun and fired several times, killing Patrolman Scott. The suspect fled, but detective tracked him to a South Welington address where he was arrested. The suspect confessed to the murder and was executed in the electric chair in 1937.