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Sheila Mae Tenney Scott, 78, a resident of Adolph, passed from this life Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Inpatient Center in Elkins, with family by her side. Having endured a long battle with cancer dating back to 1976, her health had significantly declined over the last few years. With all the adversity she faced, she remained in good spirits with a positive attitude and enjoyed every moment spent with her family.
Sheila was born Wednesday, April 24, 1946, in East Dailey, a daughter of the late Semeon Oral Tenney, Sr. and Evelyn Virginia Butler Tenney. On August 31, 1963, she married Melvin Virgil Scott who preceded her in death on August 11, 1988.
Left to cherish Sheila’s memory are children, Teresa Riggleman and husband, Mike, of Adolph, Rocky Scott and wife, Charlotte of Mill Creek, Ricky Scott of Taylorville, NC, J.D. Armstrong of Morgantown, and James Martin of Ripley, grandchildren, Sean Scott, Kara Scott and companion, John Holliday, Ciara Casto and husband, Michael, Caleb Riggleman and wife, Jessie, Megan Scott and companion, Matt Pope, Linda Scott, Courtney Clingerman, and Eric Price, great grandchildren, Mela, Wrenlee, Jaicee, Kaislee, River, Wake, Creed, Jacob, Zachary, Abriel, and one on the way, Sonny, siblings, Nancy Kyle and husband, Bill, Phyllis Currence and husband, Jerry, Vickie Cash and husband, McCall, Semeon Tenney, Jr. and wife, Debra, brothers-in-law, Mart Scott and wife, Valinda, Kelly Scott, Mark Scott, and Deck Scott and wife, Angie, sisters-in-law, Patty Tenney and Barb Finlen, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Sheila in death besides her parents and husband is one brother, Robert A. Tenney, on brothers-in-law, Marvin, Sonny, Bob, and Don, sisters-in-law, Helen, Jane, Freda, Mary, Martha Marilyn, and Jean, one daughter, Robin Louise Scott, one great-grandchild, Micah Clingerman, and companion of fifteen years, Terry Conrad.
Sheila attended the schools of Randolph County and had obtained her GED in 1982. She had worked for Reidboard Brothers and Snowshoe, but most of all, she was a homemaker. She enjoyed playing bingo and sewing. She worked the polls during elections for many years. She was a real people person, but her real love was for her family, especially her grandchildren who she adored. She was Pentecostal by faith.
Visitation will be held at Randolph Funeral Home Friday, July 5, 2024, from 11am until 12pm, the funeral hour. Pastor Harold Swecker will officiate, and interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery at Hemlock. The Randolph Funeral Home and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements for Sheila Mae Tenney Scott. Send online condolences to the family at www.therandolphfuneralhome.com
BRIDGEPORT, WV (WDTV)