David Scruggs
1948-08-30 2007-11-15
LT, US NAVY
VIETNAM
David Scruggs, known as Dave or Dave-Oh! to all who were his family and friends passed away on November 15, 2007, at Denton Regional Medical Center.
He was born on August 30, 1948, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC to Lt. Col. Richard Hayes Scruggs and Anna Dybing Scruggs, who were both World War II veterans. He graduated from Arapaho High School (1966) in Littleton, CO and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Northern Colorado (1969) Dave was proud to serve his country in the United States Navy from 1970–1977. He flew the P-3 Orion aircraft with deployments in Iceland, Sicily and Azores Islands. After his naval aviation career he became a pilot for Delta Airlines and retired as a captain with 21 years of service in 1998. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, riding John Deer farm equipment and his two dachshunds, Gus and Laurie Darling.
He was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife of 31 years, Jeannette McClendon Scruggs, who he married on February 14, 1976 at the Saufley Field Navy Chapel in Pensacola, FL. He is also survived by his brother, Richard Hayes Scruggs II, and his wife Kimberly of Linneus, MO: his nephew and his wife, Eric Hayes and Amy Scruggs of Kansas City, KS: his great-nephew, Evan Hayes Scruggs of Kansas City, KS; his niece, Ann-Marie Scruggs of Topeka, KS; his aunt and her husband Borghild and Robert De Villiers of West Chester, OH; two aunts, Gudrun Storhoff and Doris Dybing, both of Lanesboro, MN;
A sister-in-law and her husband, Lois and Glen Doan of Plano, TX; and many cousins and dear friends.
VIETNAM
David Scruggs, known as Dave or Dave-Oh! to all who were his family and friends passed away on November 15, 2007, at Denton Regional Medical Center.
He was born on August 30, 1948, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC to Lt. Col. Richard Hayes Scruggs and Anna Dybing Scruggs, who were both World War II veterans. He graduated from Arapaho High School (1966) in Littleton, CO and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Northern Colorado (1969) Dave was proud to serve his country in the United States Navy from 1970–1977. He flew the P-3 Orion aircraft with deployments in Iceland, Sicily and Azores Islands. After his naval aviation career he became a pilot for Delta Airlines and retired as a captain with 21 years of service in 1998. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, riding John Deer farm equipment and his two dachshunds, Gus and Laurie Darling.
He was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife of 31 years, Jeannette McClendon Scruggs, who he married on February 14, 1976 at the Saufley Field Navy Chapel in Pensacola, FL. He is also survived by his brother, Richard Hayes Scruggs II, and his wife Kimberly of Linneus, MO: his nephew and his wife, Eric Hayes and Amy Scruggs of Kansas City, KS: his great-nephew, Evan Hayes Scruggs of Kansas City, KS; his niece, Ann-Marie Scruggs of Topeka, KS; his aunt and her husband Borghild and Robert De Villiers of West Chester, OH; two aunts, Gudrun Storhoff and Doris Dybing, both of Lanesboro, MN;
A sister-in-law and her husband, Lois and Glen Doan of Plano, TX; and many cousins and dear friends.
A wonderful tribute to Dave is given at Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22991312
tribute by Deven Lewis