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Lockhart
& Caldwell County
My father was County Judge of Caldwell County from 1974 until early
1987 when he retired and then died of cancer in November of 1987.
Leonard W. Scott was born in Staples, Caldwell county, on
April 25th 1914, and lived there until the 30's. His family moved
briefly to Karnes County where he met my mother, Bonnie Hinkle Scott
from the Pawnee community of Bee County. He returned to Lockhart
by 1936 and worked for about $30.00 a month as a gas attendant.
Mostly self-educated and a layman, Leonard became manager of a local
tire & appliance business, served in WWII, became a small farmer
and rancher and watched his business (Goodyear) outsell stores in
Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas.
After 35 years with Goodyear he retired and went straight into local
politics. He was popular enough to get elected three times, helped
revise the EMS system for the county, improved fire service, obtained
grants for agriculture, and tried in vain to improve growth for
the county.
During all this time this layman held court then helped establish
the first County Court at Law for Caldwell County in 1987. He also
set up the first modern County Fire Marshal for the county.
Leonard & Bonnie have three sons. Leonard Wayne, a longtime Professor
of Law & Mediation at St. Mary's in San Antonio, Mike, a Pharmacist
with a local pharmacy for thirty years in Lockhart, now living in
Grapevine, and Ricke, a retired Police Officer and the (past) second
county fire Marshall for the county.
Scott's roots in the Caldwell county area go back to about 1859-1866
when his mothers family moved to Martindale from Mississippi. -
Ricke Scott, October 21, 2005
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