Myrtle Scott

Myrtle Crouch was born on 3 Mar 1902 in Texas to Andrew Jackson Scott (1872-1946) and Maranda Barker (1873-1939).

Her sister Nora Belle was born on February 14, 1903, in Texas when Myrtle was less than a year old.

Her sister Flossie Maedell was born on July 23, 1908, in Texas when Myrtle was 6 years old.

Her sister Elvina was born on January 31, 1910, in Oklahoma when Myrtle was 7 years. old.

Myrtle Scott lived in Justice Precinct 5, Tom Green County, Texas, in 1910. She is found in dwelling 125 on sheet 7B for Justice Precint 5 along with her parents, older sister Willie V, and younger sisters Belle, Maddelle, and Elvina. the census was enumerated on 29 Apr 1910.

After Myrtle completed third grade her father did not allow her to return to school. He was a sharecropper and needed her home helping on the family farm.

Myrtle has not been definitively identified in the 1920 census. There are multiple young women living away from their family in Oklahoma at this time.

Myrtle Scott married Thomas Newton Crouch in McLoud, Oklahoma, on September 27, 1921, when she was 19 years old.

Her daughter Viola C was born on June 25, 1922.

Myrtle did not want her husband working in the coal mines in Oklahoma so they moved to the Fresno California area after Viola was born but before their second child Zona was born.

Her daughter Zona Marie was born on June 13, 1924, in Fresno, California.

Her daughter Dorothy Allene was born on October 6, 1925, in Fresno, California.

Her son Thomas Newton (Jr)was born on March 14, 1927, in Fresno, California.

Her daughter Pauline was born on October 19, 1928, in Fresno, California.

Her son Richard Lee was born on May 8, 1930, in Fresno, California.

Myrtle lived in District 0008, Township 3, Fresno County, California. She is found living at 3294 Lewis (Fresno) on page 47a, with her husband and five children.

Her son George was born on March 13, 1932, in Fresno, California.

Her son Paul was born on October 7, 1935, in Fresno, California.

Her daughter Joyce May was born on May 29, 1938, in Fresno, California.

Her mother Maranda passed away on September 5, 1939, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 66.

Myrtle lived at 5156 Olive Avenue in Fresno, California on 1 April 1940 when the US Census was taken. She is listed on page 15a, enumeration district 10-76a, Fresno County, California with her husband and seven children. Viola and Zona were already married by this time.

Her son Donald was born on October 8, 1942, in Fresno, California.

Her father Andrew Jackson passed away on January 19, 1946, in California at the age of 73.

Her sister Nora Belle died on September 5, 1952, in Glendale, Arizona, when Myrtle was 50 years old.

Her son Donald passed away on April 5, 1957, in San Joaquin, California, at the age of 14. he drowned in a slough near French Camp, San Joaquin County, California.

She celebrated her 50th Wedding celebration in 1971 with a large family gathering.

Her sister Willie Viola died on May 4, 1975, in Redding, California, when Myrtle was 73 years old.

Her husband Thomas Newton passed away on December 20, 1977, in Modesto, California, at the age of 77. They had been married 56 years.

Her sister Elvina died on December 1, 1987, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when Myrtle was 85 years old.

Myrtle Scott died on January 30, 1988, in Modesto, California, when she was 85 years old. She was buried next to her husband in Acacia Memorial Park sharing a grave with her grand daughter Elaine Combs (daughter of Viola C) who died a few years earlier in a car crash.