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ANNA BICKSLER SCOTT
Anna Bicksler
Scott (“Ann” to all
who knew her) was
born near Lebanon,
Pennsylvania, on
October 16, 1917,
and died on August
4, 2010 after a
brief illness.
Ann
was trained and
received her R.N.
degree in the
Presbyterian
Hospital’s School of
Nursing in
Philadelphia, where
she was a nursing
supervisor and where
she met her husband,
Dr. Kenneth M.
Scott, while he was
an intern there.
The two were married
on July 11, 1942,
but were able to
live together for
only six weeks
before her husband
was sent overseas as
a medical officer in
the U.S. Army, not
to be reunited for
the next two and
one-half years.
In
1952, along with
their two young
sons, the couple
were sent to Korea
as medical
missionaries, where
Ann was the director
of the Korea Church
World Service’s
Crippled Children’s
Center in Seoul, for
which service she
was decorated by the
Korean Government as
one of the three
“Mothers of the
Year” in 1963 -- the
only non-Korean to
be so recognized.
Their daughter Betsy
was born in Korea.
In
1963, Ann and her
husband were called
to serve in India,
where Dr. Scott
became the Director
of the Christian
Medical College and
Hospital in
Ludhiana, Punjab,
for the next 11
years.
In
1974, the family
returned to the U.S.
where Ann became the
first nurse in
charge of the first
free medical clinic
founded at the First
Baptist Church in
Asheville, while her
husband served on
the medical staff of
the Western Carolina
Chest Hospital in
Black Mountain. Ann
also served as a
volunteer at the
American Red Cross
Blood Center in
Asheville.
Ann
was a member of the
Black Mountain
Presbyterian Church
and was active in
P.E.O. She is
survived by her
husband, Dr. Kenneth
Scott, her sister,
Mrs. Loretta Brown
of Lebanon, PA, her
two sons, Kenneth
Scott, Jr. of
Asheville and
Charles Scott of
McDonough, GA, and
her daughter, Mrs.
Betsy Murphy, of
Black Mountain and
by their respective
families which
include 6 grandsons,
1 granddaughter and
1
great-granddaughter---and
also countless
relatives and
friends who loved
her dearly.
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