Frank Richard Scofield

Richard Scofield went home to be with the Lord this past Sunday, March 7. Frank Richard Scofield was born August 8, 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Richard or “Coach� Scofield taught Geometry and was the Head Basketball Coach at Liberty Christian School in Argyle. Coach Scofield taught and coached for 40 years, including Denton Ryan, and schools in Sulphur Springs, Texas, Moore, Oklahoma, and Liberal, Kansas. Coach Scofield led Denton Ryan to its only basketball state championship in 2001. Richard was also an avid bike rider, and a member of the Tortoise Racing Bike Club.

Richard and his family are members of First United Methodist Church, in Denton. He leaves behind his wife, Linda Kay Beaty Scofield, daughter, Lauren Shae Scofield, and his two sons, William Richard Scofield  and Christian Beaty Scofield, of Denton, daughters Christie Estadt of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Tresha Guerrero of Moore, Oklahoma. He is survived by his mother, Ruth Scofield of Liberal, Kansas, and sisters, Carol Dearing of Liberal, Kansas, Pat Ewing of Little Rock, Arkansas, and four grand-children, Garth Scott Estadt, Brooke Estadt, and Connor and Dylan Guerrero.

There was a visitation Wednesday, March 10, at DeBerry Funeral Home in Denton from 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. There was a memorial service on Thursday, March 11, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Denton, Rev. Matt Gaston and Rev. Chris Searcy officiating. A reception followed the service, at First United Methodist. Pallbearers will be made up of family members and close friends. Place of interment will be Roselawn Cemetery in Denton. DeBerry Funeral Home in Denton is in charge of the arrangements. 

The family has requested the memorials be made in lieu of flowers to the “Coach Scofield Memoriam� at Liberty Christian School, 1301 S. Highway 377, Argyle, Texas, 76226. Coach Scofield spent his life investing and impacting hundreds of students over the past 40 years, he will be missed by many, but never forgotten.

Submitted by family