Belton Ford “Scooter” Freeman, Jr., age 73, of Crystal Beach passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Scooter was a Beaumont resident for most of his life, and graduated from Beaumont High School in 1950. He retired as co-owner of Sabine-Neches Safety Equipment Company, and he was a United States Air Force veteran.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Broussard’s Nederland Chapel with Reverend Bennie Patillo officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 PM Friday, May 19, 2006 at Broussard’s Mortuary 505 12th. St. in Nederland.
Survivors include his wife of fifty-one years, Noreen Freeman of Crystal Beach; daughter, Kelly McClelland of Nederland; grandchildren, Brandon Corley, Britney Corley and her fiance Justin Morrison all of Nederland; and several other relatives including aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Scooter was preceded in death by his parents, Amie and Belton Freeman, Sr., brother Chalmus Freeman, and son, Kirk Maxwell Freeman.
