John Noel Scott, III, was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on March 21, 1953, to John Noel Scott, Jr., and Freddie Lou (Lewis) Scott.

Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m., Sunday, March 22, 2026, Biggers Funeral Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Lung Association https://donate.cancer.org/

When John III was on the way, John Jr. had to scramble to build the growing family a home, since their studio apartment did not allow children. The house on Rural Route 1 was still under construction when John III arrived, so his first year of life was a little noisy. John was joined by two sisters within 3 years, all sharing a room in that first house.

John attended kindergarten at Washington Elementary and brought home chicken pox, measles and mumps to share with his sisters. The measles, unfortunately, left John with a partial hearing loss. In 1959, the family moved to 130 Forrest Park Road in Oak Park Village and John attended Oak Park Elementary where he played football for the Panthers, cheered on by his sisters. In addition to football, John played Little League Baseball and, also, the clarinet, much to the chagrin of his sisters. In the fall of 1965, John began school at Central Jr. High.

While in Bartlesville, the family attended the First Baptist Church, where John accepted Christ as his Savior, was baptized and became a Royal Ambassador. During this time family vacations were primarily visits to Texas to see relatives and their many fun cousins, but there were also trips to Rabbit Ears Resort in Colorado and Carlsbad Caverns, where John found lots of treasures to add to his rock collection. That rock collection followed the family wherever they moved until it finally landed at his and Gail's current home in Springtown, Texas.

In the winter of 1966, during John's second year of Jr. High, the family moved to Brussels, Belgium. John and his sisters attended school at the International School of Brussels. John played baseball, field hockey, soccer and got pretty good at ice skating at Poseidon, the local skating rink. He played on the American baseball team which made the All Stars with the playoffs in Frankfort, Germany. He was also a member of the one and only Class of '71 Honda 50 motorcycle gang, sporting an "Easy Rider" suede fringed jacket, which still hangs in their Springtown closet. He loved that jacket!!

John made amazing, life-long friends at ISB. They often hung out at a local café, Freddie's, played foosball and drank Stella Artois's. John also traveled with his ISB classmates to Russia and Lebanon.

There were many family trips around Europe during those years including one summer following the Rhine River from The Netherlands through France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Other trips took the family to England, Luxembourg, Spain and Italy. One such trip was a skiing trip to Val d'Isere in the French Alps with the Steen family in December 1967. Winter sports were new territory for a family from small town Oklahoma. The first night they arrived, ten feet of snow fell. The sudden snowfall resulted in an avalanche and several chalets sliding down the mountain, stopping short of the hotel where the family was staying. The snowfall made for some great skiing, and John and the Steen boys easily took to the slopes, leaving the rest of the family behind.

John graduated from ISB in 1971, which coincided with the family's transfer back to Bartlesville. John attended Oklahoma State University for one year, then transferred to the University of Houston with another family move to the Houston area in 1972. John and his sisters moved into a townhouse in Clear Lake City, and he worked in maintenance for Phillips Petroleum Company part-time while earning a B.A. in Marketing from U of H. After graduation in 1976, John continued working in maintenance at Phillips until an accident on the job and subsequent recovery required a career change. In 1979, He began sales training and, in 1981, became a Sales Representative for American Thermoplastics Company (ATC), a subsidiary of Phillips, that took him to Chicago and eventually to a ski class where he met Gail Frankovitch, his future bride.

In 1981, John was transferred back to the Houston area with ATC, where he became a Process Supervisor for the Ryton product. Gail and John were married on May 15,1982, in a ceremony in LaGrange, Illinois, surrounded by family and friends. 1983 brought new changes for the couple: their first house and, later that year, the arrival of their daughter, Amanda Rae. John N. IV, arrived in 1986 followed by Jarrett Wayne in 1992. In 1992, the family moved to Kingwood, Texas.

From 1993 to1997, John traveled to Utah and other states, Puerto Rico and Belgium to train employees on the new SAP software the company was rolling out. Gail was able to join him while he was in Europe, visiting his old stomping grounds in Brussels, Paris and London. Then Gail and the kids met John in Puerto Rico where they toured the city and attempted to visit the EL Unique rainforest. Well, John got lost and the family ended up on some dirt road. They never did find the rainforest. After they found their way back, the family boarded a boat to St. Thomas and St. John for a fun and memorable vacation.

After he had completed the training mission, John returned to Phillips' Pasadena location as an inventory analyst. During 1998 to 2005, John held several business support and purchasing positions related to inventory control and equipment for Phillips, then for Chevron Phillips when the companies merged in 2000. From 2010 until his retirement in 2018, John held the position of Expeditor for the company at the Pasadena facility.

John loved working on his golf game. He would often meet his CPChem buddies after work for a round of golf at The Battleground at Deer Park and played pairs tournaments throughout the Houston area. He even took home a few prizes! He particularly enjoyed playing golf with his dad at The Hills in Austin. One of his special memories was when he and his dad went to see the pros practice for the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, in April 2017.

In the summer of 2019, upon John's retirement after 45+ years with Phillips/Chevron Phillips, and Gail's retirement from her paralegal career, they moved to their new home in Springtown, Texas, to be closer to their, then, five sweet grandchildren.

In 2020, John was diagnosed with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and was told he needed a lung transplant. That led to a temporary relocation in early 2022 to Houston to be approved for the transplant program at Methodist, and the wait began. The call came on March 30 that a match had been located, and he received his new lungs on March 31, 2022. Six weeks later, he was able to walk into Lakeway Church to attend the memorial service for his father, John N. Scott, Jr. A true and blessed miracle.

On Sept 24, 2022, John and Gail welcomed their sixth grandchild, Adelynn Rose Scott. Since that time, they have enjoyed attending the many programs and sports events their grandchildren are involved in, traveling with family and friends, dining at their favorite restaurants, enjoying the sunsets from their patio in Springtown and spending precious time together.

John rose with the sunlight to be with Jesus on Feb 28, 2026. He was three weeks shy of his 73rd birthday and one month shy of his 4-year transplant anniversary.

John is survived by his loving wife of 42+ years, Gail; their children, Amanda Rae and husband, Justin, John Noel IV and wife, April, and Jarrett Wayne; grandchildren, William, Braiden, Logan, Paige, Amelia and Addy; sisters, Carolyn Scott and Kay Frank and her husband, Hardy; and nieces, Erin Scott Arbuckle and Katie Scott Arbuckle.

John was an all-around good guy. He was a loving, protective and caring big brother, son, husband, father, and grandfather. He was fun, funny, a tease, a prankster, a wonderful provider, dedicated to his wife and family, and so very proud of his children and grandchildren. He is and will be sorely missed by his family and friends.