Helen Blackwelder Scott

SCOTT, Helen Blackwelder, died December 9, 2008 of a heart attack. She had been institutionalized for over 30 years following a major stroke. Helen was born August 18, 1930 in Greenville, South Carolina, the only child of Charles Davis Blackwelder and Helen McLarin Blackwelder. As a child, she moved to Richmond with her parents and graduated from St. Catherine's School. She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College, and graduated from the University of Richmond. Helen took post graduate studies at GÂ"ttingen University in Germany. She excelled in modern dance and taught dance classes and swimming at the Richmond YWCA. She loved boating and fishing and was one of the first females to qualify as an advanced pilot in the Richmond Power Squadron. Helen served a term as president of the Richmond Childcare Center and was active as a member of the Council of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She is survived by her former husband, Russell Cecil Scott; three children, Russell Cecil Scott Jr., Helen MacLaren Scott and her husband, Randall J. Roch, and William Norwood Scott and his wife, Laura P. Scott. Helen is also survived by five nieces and nephews and their families, Elizabeth Venable Scott, Charles Granville Scott, Susan Scott Schaefer, Mary Scott Andrews, and Thomas Branch Scott III; and by two devoted friends, Anne Addison Scott and Eva D. Tucker. Funeral arrangements are pending.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.