SAF member Sammie Scott of Scott’s Flowers died last month in Amarillo, Texas. The local newspaper ran a touching tribute to his 60-year career.
A Society of American Florists member who worked in his Amarillo, Texas, store for 60 years, died late last month. The Amarillo Globe-News ran a touching tribute to Sammie Scott, 98, of Scott’s Flowers, calling him “the oldest living florist in America” and heralding his acts of kindness and professionalism over his decades-long career.
Jim Schooler, founder of Schooler Funeral Home, described Scott as dapper and conscientious in the story. “Starched shirt, bowtie, not a hair out of place, just really a class act,” he said, adding that he never hesitated to call the shop for sympathy work, even after hours. “He would not only take the orders on the weekends, do them by himself and then the next thing I know is this huge flower van would be pulling up and it would be Mr. Scott himself making the delivery. He was an amazing, wonderful, incredible man.”
Scott was hard at work at his business through early March.
For his own memorial services, his daughter Mary Ruth Albracht, who worked alongside Scott for 47 years, said he would “love nothing but flowers.”
“He loved roses — red roses,” Albracht told the newspaper. “He loved all flowers. Each flower has their own personality and each flower has their own fragrance and he loved mixing all the colors. His favorite colors were pink and purple, except for the red roses. But if you wanted a bright, cheerful arrangement, it would be pink and purple.”
Read the full touching tribute.
