Orville Oliver Scroggin III

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   Name:      O O Scroggin III
   Gender:      Male
   Spouse's name:      Mary
   Divorce Date:      19 Apr 1982
   County:      Okaloosa
   Certificate Number:      021302.
5. [S2256] Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001, URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8837&enc=1,
   Name:      Orville Oliver Scroggin III
   Gender:      Male
   Spouse's name:      Jeaniene
   Divorce Date:      5 Sep 1986
   County:      Walton
   Certificate Number:      057218.
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   Name:      Clay Carey Scroggin
   Marriage Date:      24 Jul 1993
   County of Marriage:      Okaloosa
        
   Gender:      Male
   Race:      White
        
   Certificate:      073124
   Source:      Florida Department of Health
   
   Name:      Deborah Ann Allard
   Marriage Date:      24 Jul 1993
   County of Marriage:      Okaloosa
        
   Maiden Name:      Allard
   Gender:      Female
   Race:      White
        
   Certificate:      073124
   Source:      Florida Department of Health.
8. [S2490] Northwest Florida Daily News
        , O. O. Scroggin III, 15 Jun 2001.
   O.O. Scroggin III
   
   Retired Lt. Col. O.O. Scroggin III, age 77, of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2001, with congestive heart failure.
   
   He was born on Oct. 5, 1923, in Little Rock, Ark. He was known as "Double O" or "Scrog" to folks who knew him well, but his sister Mary always called him Oliver. O.O. III had an amazing life. He joined the U.S. Air Force at age 18. He flew P47s and P51s in World War II, and flew F86s in Korea. He was an aeronautical engineer and a test pilot for 10 years at Wright Patterson, Eglin and Edwards Air Force Bases. Lt. Col. Scroggin served as a forward air controller with the Air Commandos during two tours in Vietnam, during which he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in combat. He also received many other commendations, including a Purple Heart.
   
   After 30 years in the Air Force, he bought his own plane to continue his love of flying. O.O. also loved camping, sailing, hunting, fishing and raising English Pointers.
   
   O.O. was a member of St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea Anglican Church in Destin, Fla.
   
   He is survived by his former wife of 33 years, Mary Scroggin and their four children with spouses: Dub and June Scroggin of Tucson, Ariz., Jeff and Lynn Scroggin of Atlanta, Jenny and Jamey Prescott of Jacksonville, Fla., and Clay and Debra Scroggin of Tampa, Fla.; eight grandchildren, Dionna, Julie, Misty, John, Julie, Justin, Jim and Maggie. Also, four great-grandchildren, Taylor, Colby, and twins Kayleigh and Andrew. He is survived by his only sister, Mary Scroggin Beegle and husband Monty of Little Rock, Ark. His parents and two brothers preceded him in death.
   
   Family and friends are invited to a memorial service at McLaughlin Mortuary on Saturday, June 16. A visitation will take place from 10 to 11 a.m., with the service immediately following at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mike Hesse will officiate. O.O. will be buried, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on July 2.
   
   McLaughlin Mortuary, 17 Chestnut Ave., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
9. [S2262] Find A Grave, URL: http://www.findagrave.com, Mary Ruth Carey Scroggin, 11 Aug 2013
   
   Mary Ruth Carey Scroggin
   
   Birth:      Oct. 19, 1927
   Death:      Aug. 9, 2013
   
   Mary Ruth Carey Scroggin died peacefully at age 85 on Aug. 9 surrounded by her family. She lived a full, active and impactful life.
   
   Mary loved her bridge games and even more her bridge partners - who often hurricane-evacuated to her house to play bridge and drink wine as the winds increasingly blew outside. But Mary was a non-drinker who vowed never to drink after her one and only hangover in 1952 at Ponchos Happy Bottom Riding Club (made famous in the Right Stuff) while living on Edwards Air Force Base.
   Mary loved her Irish roots and made two trips to Ireland with her sister/cousin Peggy Speck when she was in her 70s, including hitchhiking in the Irish countryside. Her house abounds in humorous Irish sayings.
   
   Mary was one of those unique people who positively impacted each life she came in touch with - from grandchildren who still have not told their parents what she talked with them about to all her "adopted" children who sought out her maternal insights, love and comfort. But she knew how to cut through the B.S. to say what really needed to be said - she could be incredibly blunt.
   
   Mary meet Orville Oliver Scroggin III [32595:P] at Iowa State after he returned from WWII as a fighter pilot in Europe. Both were smitten after they met on a tennis court where she beat him. As an 29-year Air Force bride she constantly travelled the country gathering stories - from killing rats with a baseball bat in her base housing in Nebraska, to moving to Fort Walton Beach in 1962 to be a part of the initial Air Commando unit at Hurlburt, to taking four small children by herself on a flight to a new duty station in Panama (including a 1 month old baby) in 1965. She worked tirelessly and was instrumental in obtaining greater benefits for military ex-spouses.
   
   Mary had four children (Dub [39574:P, fb], Jeff [39523:P, fb], Jenny [44442:P, fb] and Clay-Bob [49014:P, fb]), three daughters-in-law (June [49017:P], Lynn [39524:P, fb] and Debbie [49015:P, fb]), Jamey [44443:P, fb] (helps when you are the only one), 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandson - to say nothing about all those adopted family members who claim her parentage. Nothing mattered more to Mary then her family.
   
   Thanksgiving at Mary's was a weeklong annual reunion for family and anyone else who wanted a great meal, lots of laughter, squealing, swinging grand-daughters, Frisbees and footballs in the cul-de-sac, and an annual drop in the pool for a mother or sister. One night during Thanksgiving was often set aside for her teaching her grandchildren how to properly play poker - the etiquette and the odds. She designed her house as a place for people to gather, centered on the kitchen and she loved to cook for anyone who showed up.
   
   Her house is full of memories and art she created over a lifetime.
   
   Mary is preceded in death by her youngest child, Clay; and her former husband.
   
   The family will be taking visitors at Emerald Coast Funeral Home at 113 North Racetrack Road from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2013. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. at Emerald Coast, followed by a burial next to her son at Beal Memorial Cemetery.
   
   In lieu of flowers, the family request that people make donations to Covenant Hospice (www.covenanthospice.org) in Fort Walton Beach.
   
   Expressions of love and sympathy may be viewed online at www.emeraldcoastfuneralhome.com.
   
   Published in Northwest Florida Daily News on August 11, 2013
   
   Family links:
   Children:
   Clay Carey Scroggin (1965 - 2011)*
   
   *Calculated relationship
   
   Burial:
   Beal Memorial Cemetery
   Fort Walton Beach
   Okaloosa County
   Florida, USA
   
   Created by: Michelle Woodham
   Record added: Aug 11, 2013
   Find A Grave Memorial# 115265414.