Juanita Davenport Hannah Clinard Scott, age 91 of Tullahoma passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her residence.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 11 AM at the Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Pat Allison officiating.
Burial will follow at 2 PM at Giles Memorial Gardens, 140 Bethel Road, Pulaski, TN.
Visitation with the family will be Friday, January 23 from 6 PM – 8 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home.
A native of McMinnville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Harty Brewer and Nicey Lorene Tenpenny Davenport.
She graduated from Central High School in Shelbyville and then attended David Lipscomb University. She graduated from Draughons Business College in Nashville. She worked as a Bookkeeper for Purity Dairies for 28 years until retirement. She attended Highland Hills Church of Christ, Hoovers Grove Church of Christ and the Church of Christ at Cedar Lane.
Mrs. Scott loved taking care of others and was always the first to volunteer when help was needed. She enjoyed reading her Bible and cooking for family and friends. She was a member of the Lynchburg Home Demonstration Club. She also enjoyed researching genealogy on both the Davenport and the Tenpenny family lines.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers, Jack, Bill, Charlie, Albert, Jessie and Ralph Davenport; five sisters, Mary Morris, Laurene Hutcheson, Roberta Bass, Leta Morris and Rita Busby and one great great grandchild, Cayson Isaiah Powell.
Mrs. Scott is survived by two daughters, Brenda H. Ryals and her husband, Thomas of Tullahoma and Janice M. Hannah of Nashville; one sister, Joyce Davenport Bobo of Tullahoma; four grandchildren, Mark Ryals of White Bluff, TN, Angela Ryals of Nashville, Jennifer Boyce of Murfreesboro and Heather Spinner of Phillpot, KY; eleven great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made to the Shepard’s House, 712 1st Ave., Tullahoma, TN. 37388
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.