Marjorie "Jerry" Rugge Scott

Clarks Hill, SC – Memorial Services for Marjorie “Jerry” Rugge Scott, 103, who entered into rest November 6, 2024, will be held Wednesday morning, November 27, at 11 o’clock at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in North Augusta, Father Joseph Shippen and Father David Thompson officiating. Private interment will take place in Dothan Church Cemetery. Mrs. Scott was born October 10, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Fred W. and Mabelle M. Rugge. Her parents were both second generations Americans from New York City. Jerry wanted to study German in school, but her father, a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War I and himself the son of German immigrants, would not let her; she chose French instead, and eventually became a High School French teacher in Virginia and later in Georgia, while raising her own family. She retired following a ten-year tenure at Augusta Preparatory School. Mrs. Scott earned her bachelor’s degree in French from Smith College, an Ivy League women’s school in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1942. She became a Navy Officer in World War II and although she could not say so until years afterward for security reasons, in Washington she was assigned as a “Code Breaker”, working on the Japanese mathematical codes. Jerry married then Lieutenant Ralph Carter Scott, who was also stationed in Washington while recovering from malaria he incurred in Guadalcanal. He had not been part of the assault, but was dropped off there after his ship, USS WASP (CV-7), was torpedoed and he had been rescued at sea. Interested in both family history and the history of the Edgefield County area where she lived for over 60 years, Jerry Scott was active in the Augusta Genealogical Society and the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society. She was the Scott family genealogist, with a private publication of the Scott family history. Many members of the extended Scott family treasure both the family history and her publication of the many recipes she cooked and served to four generations. Survivors include two sons, Dr. Ralph C. Scott. Jr., and Dr. Robert M. Scott; four grandchildren, Ralph C. Scott, III, Kelli S. Wilkinson (Steve), Jill S. Bush and Dr. Kate S. Owens (Luke); and six great-grandchildren, Logan M. Figdore (Mason), Carter D. Owens, Sophie S. Owens, Austin R. Owens, Jordan Bush and Jackson Bush.

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Marjorie "Jerry" Rugge Scott

October 10, 1921 - November 6, 2024