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SCOTT THOMAS MARTIN SCOTT1915-2013 Lt. Colonel Thomas Martin Scott passed away at 98 years of age, on November 21 at the Army Residence Community ARC in San Antonio. With his wife Dusty, he was among the original residents of the ARC In 1986. They lived in the independent living for eighteen years, before moving into the Assisted Living section of the Health Care facility in 2003. Having been at Ft. Sam Houston in the forties where two of his three daughters were born the ARC felt like they were coming home. Thomas Martin Scott was born on June 5th, 1915, to Thomas Martin Scott Sr. and Eva Jane Cochrane Scott in Ellsworth, Kansas. He had an older sister Mona and a younger brother David. In 1925, Marty's family moved to Columbia, Missouri, where he attended Hickman high School and finished his studies at the University of Missouri in 1937. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant of the United States Army Field Artillery, Marty was immediately posted to Fort Des Moines, Iowa. On his first day at Fort Des Moines, Marty called upon his commanding officer, Colonel John Hobart Wallace, at his home, as was the custom of the day, and met 16-year-old Margaret Dusty Wallace, his future wife. Though the Wallaces moved a month later, Marty began a courtship by letter that led to their engagement in 1940 and wedding in 1941. In 1938, then Lt. Scott was assigned duty in the Civilian Conservation Corps at five different camps in Montana, Idaho, and Missouri until 1940, when he was transferred to the Ordinance Corps and stationed in Washington, D.C. Marty and Dusty were wed on February 8, 1941, and his first daughter, Marty Gay, was born in May of 1942. Soon thereafter, Marty was off to serve in World War II, landing in French Morocco, North Africa, in November 1942. In 1943, he was re-assigned to Italy, where he remained until after VE Day in 1945. After World War II, Marty served in Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, where two more daughters, Michele and Mona, were born in 1946 and 1948. In 1949, LTC Scott was assigned to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, and in 1952, Marty became Ordnance Advisor to the Imperial Iranian Army in Teheran, Iran, and in 1955, he served as commanding officer, Ordnance Ammunition Arsenal at Ravenna, Ohio. In 1957, Marty was re-assigned to the Ordnance Ammunition Command in Joliet, Illinois. Marty retired from the U.S. Army in 1960 and moved to Redlands, California, and began work at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, retiring again in 1970. With their daughters grown, Marty and Dusty moved to the Florida Keys, following a 5-month trek across the United States in a motor home, visiting old friends and relatives and CCC camps along the way. They lived aboard a 47-foot motor yacht named Darmy for sixteen years and enjoyed exploring the Keys and the Bahamas, until they moved into the ARC. The Scott Family is grateful to the ARC which brought Marty and Dusty so many friends, good times, and loving care in their final years. Throughout his life, Marty had a zest and enthusiasm for living. He jumped into activities wherever he went, whether it was golf in San Antonio, duck-hunting on the Chesapeake, tennis at the Officers' Club in Teheran, bridge and golf and boating in Redlands, or snorkeling in the Bahamas. Marty provided his wife Dusty with loving care until her death on May 26, 2007. He is survived by his daughters; their husbands Larry, Steve, and Tony; six grandchildren Colin, Eric, Lindsey, Ryan, Dana, and Zander; and ten great-grandchildren. Marty has left a strong and loving legacy. Services A Graveside Service will begin at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with Full US Army Honors. A Memorial Service will begin at 2:00 PM, also on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the Army Residence Community ARC, 7400 Crestway Drive., San Antonio TX 78239. Memorial gifts may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, 918 Tesoro, Suite 108, San Antonio TX 78217 or in LTC Thomas Martin Scott, Jr. and Margaret W. Scott to The Army Residence Community, 7400 Crestway, San Antonio TX 78239.

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Thomas M.` Scott, Jr.

June 5, 1915 - November 21, 2013