CHETOPA — Wanda L. Scott, 72, of Chetopa died at 8:11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at McCune-Brooks Hospital in Carthage, Mo., following a six-month illness.

She was born on June 23, 1939, in Quinton, Okla.

She had lived in Chetopa the last 27 years.

She was employed as a waitress.

Survivors include a son, Bobby Scott of Bartlett; two daughters, Pamela Brown of Cherokee and Rebecca Sanders of Chetopa; a brother, Henry Neal of Bakersfield, Calif.; two sisters, Geraldine Moody of Visalia, Calif., and Jo Ann Simmons of Exeter, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, Ryan Shields, Kyle Shields, Nikki Sanders, Austen Sanders, Jaylee Sanders, Trenton Scott, Nathan Scott, Eric Paxton, Hannah Dayhuff and Mason Blundell; and a great-granddaughter, Amelia Paxton.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby E. Scott, on March 13, 2000; a daughter; two sisters; and a brother.

The service will be at 6 p.m. Monday at Mae Lessley Community Center in Chetopa. Mason-Woodard Mortuary and Crematory of Joplin was in charge of cremation arrangements.