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- Moscow-Pullman Daily News - 4/28/1998
George Larkham "Scotty"
Scott, 92, a retired Washington
State Univrity professor, died of
age-related causes April 15 at a
Spokane hospital.
He was born Feb. 1, 1906, to
George Larkham and Florence
Claire DeWitt Scott in Neligh,
Neb. Theh family later moved to
Spokane where he attended
Grant Elementary and Lewis and
Clark High School.
He was married and divorced.
As a young man, he played
French horn in the Spokane
Philharmonic Orchestra and
trombone in a small band at the
Davenport Hotel.
He left Spokane in 1925 to
study French horn and organ at
the New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston. While in Boston,
he played with the Conservatory
Orchestra.
He received a bachelor's
degree in organ teaching in 1940
from the St. Louis Institute of
Music in Clayton, Mo. He earned
a master's degree in composition
in 1942 from the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor. From
1942-51 he was a professor of
music at Illinois Wesleyan
University in Bloomington.
During that time,, he played
French horn with the St. Louis
Symphony Orchestra.
He wa a professor of music at
Washington State College, now
WSU, in Pullman from 1951-71
and taught music theory, organ
and French horn. After retire-
ment, he moved to Spokane and
later to Cheney, Wash., where he
was the organist for many years
at Cheney United Methodist
Church. He was a member of the
order of Freemasons.
He is survived by a sister,
Jessie Wilson of Seattle; two sons,
Roger Scott of Fremont,, Calif. and
George Larkham Scott IV of
Phoenix; a daughter, Shannon
Wade of Clearlake, Calif; and four
grandchildren.
A memorial service wil be
held at 2 p.m. on May 12 at
Cheney United Methodist
Church. Cheney Funeral Chapel
is in charge of arrangements.
The family suggests memori-
als may be made to the Cheney
nited Methodist Church, 204
Fourth St., Cheney, Wash.
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1906 - 1998 (92 years)