Born February 14, 1916 at Eccles, she was the daughter of the late H.A. and Bessie M. Hylton Holt. Marie was the owner/operator of the former Scott's Grocery in Mabscott. She was a member of the Women of the Moose and had been a resident of Mabscott since 1920. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jennings Scott, sisters; Garnet Nagy and Virginia Wilson and by a brother, Robert G. Holt.