[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S6426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING MARTIN DOCK SCOTT, JR.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
honored Kentuckian and a man of great accomplishment who proudly served 
our country. Mr. Martin Dock Scott, Jr. of Bowling Green, KY, passed 
away Wednesday, September 5, 2012, due to cancer. He was 65 years old.
  I have great appreciation for Mr. Scott, as he lived such a 
remarkable life. After graduation from Menifee County High School, Mr. 
Scott served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1970. He served 
with B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry, 198th Light Infantry 
Brigade. Thus far is evidence enough that Mr. Scott lived a worthy 
life, yet he continued onward, and so the list of his service and 
accomplishment also continues.
  While in the military, Mr. Scott served in Chu Lai, Vietnam, and 
operated out of LZ Stinson and other landing zones. Needless to say, 
Mr. Scott put his life on the line for this country. In July 1970, Mr. 
Scott was honorably discharged.
  Among his many military decorations, he earned two Bronze Stars. The 
first, with ``V'' Device, was awarded to Mr. Scott in February 1970 for 
expressing heroism under combined ground and mortar attack while his 
platoon was providing security for Dai Loc hamlet. The second medal was 
received in April 1970 for ``meritorious achievement in connection with 
military operations against a hostile force.''
  Mr. Scott graduated from Eastern Kentucky University, married ViAnn 
Ford in November 1969, and started a family. I want to convey my 
deepest condolences to the many family members and friends who knew and 
were loved by Martin Dock Scott, Jr.
  I would ask my U.S. Senate colleagues to join me in commemorating his 
commitment to service and in extending sympathies to the Scott family. 
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will be proud to remember the life and 
deeds of Mr. Martin Dock Scott, Jr.
  Mr. President, an obituary for Mr. Scott as provided by the family 
recently appeared in local newspapers. I ask unanimous consent that 
said obituary be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record as follows:

       Bowling Green, KY.--Martin Dock Scott, Jr., 65, answered 
     his Lord's call on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, surrounded 
     by family at his residence following a brave battle with 
     cancer.
       Martin was born January 10, 1947, in Dayton, Ohio. He 
     graduated from Menifee County (KY) High School in 1965 after 
     which he served his country in the U.S. Army in Korea and in 
     Viet Nam 1966 to 1970, receiving two Bronze Stars during 
     action in Viet Nam. He served on the Bowling Green Police 
     Department as patrolman and later as detective from November 
     11, 1970 until his retirement on April 30, 1989, when he then 
     became a Commonwealth's Detective for the Warren County 
     Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. Martin served 23 years 
     under Commonwealth's Attorneys Morris Lowe, Steve Wilson, 
     Michael Pearson, and Chris Cohron.
       Martin was an active member of the Kentucky Fraternal Order 
     of Police for 39 years, serving as President of Bowling Green 
     Lodge #13 for 12 years and as President of the Kentucky State 
     Lodge for 18 years. He was a 14-year member of American 
     Legion Post #23, a life member of KY VFW 5712 and a Master 
     Mason of Lodge #73 of the Grand Lodge of KY, F. & A.M., and a 
     graduate of Eastern Kentucky University.
       He lived a life of service, and most important to Martin 
     was his service to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through 
     membership, personal testimony and ministry at Plum Springs 
     Baptist Church.
       Martin is preceded in death by his parents, Martin D. and 
     Alpha Vititoe Scott, and by his infant son, William John 
     Scott. He will be greatly missed by his wife of 43 years, 
     ViAnn, and their family: son Martin ``Dock'' Scott, III and 
     daughter-in-law Stephanie of Bowling Green; daughter Alpha 
     ``Amber'' Scott Ford and son-in-law Eric of Smiths Grove; and 
     daughter Autumn Annette Scott of Bowling Green; grandchildren 
     Erica, Brooke, Melanie, Cody, Chase, Cole, Zach, Taylor, 
     Lauren, and Reed; great-grandchildren Kaden, Callie, Ean, and 
     Isaac; brothers George Scott of Bowling Green and sister-in-
     law MaryAnn and Tim Scott of Middletown, Ohio, and sister-in-
     law Susie; sister Kathy Harris and brother-in-law Arthur; 
     sister Karen Tehrani all of Bowling Green and sister Sue 
     Brashear and brother-in-law Stan of Trenton, Ohio; sister-in-
     law Janet Bradfield of Leonardville, Kansas, and Nicki Ford 
     of Overland Park, Kansas; as well as beloved aunts and uncles 
     as close to him as brothers and sister, many nieces and 
     nephews, cousins and dear friends.
       Visitation is Sunday, September 9, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. 
     and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at J.C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel 
     and on Monday, September 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 
     Living Hope Baptist Church. Funeral is 1:00 p.m. at the 
     church with burial at Fairview Cemetery #2.

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