Ankie Pontious Scott passed away Monday June 16th, 2008 in Beaumont, Texas at the age of 85. Born Annie Dorcas Chaney, June 5, 1923 in Wingate, North Carolina to Leroy W. Chaney and Ellie J. Mullis Chaney, Ankie was the youngest of four children. As a child, she received the nickname Ankie, as she was known to all of her friends and loved ones. She attended Appalachian University in Boone, North Carolina and graduated in 1942 from Wingate Jr. College.
In 1946 Ankie met and married Richard (Dick) B. Pontious while working as a civilian on a United States Army base in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ankie returned to Ohio with Dick after World War II and started their family. They have two sons, Stephen and Michael. They later moved to North Carolina where Dick was Executive Director of the United Way and Ankie began her long career as Field Underwriter for New York Life Insurance. They moved on to New Orleans, Louisiana for four years before arriving in Beaumont in 1970. Dick passed away in 1995 after nearly fifty years of marriage.
In Ankie’s professional life she served as President of the American Business Women’s Association, and Supervisor for Welcome Wagon Inc. Dick and Ankie were active in sailing and were members of the Beaumont Power Squadron since the early 1970’s where they started close friendships that lasted the rest of their lives.
In 2001, Ankie married John W. Scott, Sr. of Beaumont and increased her family to include stepson, John Scott, Jr., wife Julie, children John III and Colleen of Beaumont; stepdaughters, Betsy Telleson, husband Doug and their children, Amanda Jones and her husband Josh, Derek, Casandra Costley and husband Preston, Ainsley, Alexsis and Michael of Huntsville, Utah, Jane Scott of Beaumont and daughter Emily Thompson Nero, Anne Lydahl, husband, Mark, and son, Griffin, of Fort Worth, Texas.
Ankie’s surviving children, Stephen Pontious and wife Diane live in Beaumont; granddaughter, Erynne Davis and her daughter, Mackenzie, live in Mineral, Viginia, son, Michael Pontious and wife, Pamela, live in Cedar Park, Texas, as do grandsons, Alan and Hunter Pontious. Hunter and his wife Andrea are expecting their first child in July.
Ankie will be remembered as the toast of the party, her love of family and her quick sense of humor.
Ankie also leaves behind numerous beloved nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and cousins.
Pall bearers for Ankie are Alan Pontious, Hunter Pontious, David Bivens, Robert Bivens, John Scott III and Dwain Cox.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., June 21, 2008 at St. Mark Episcopal Church under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. Family and friends will be escorting Ankie to Broussard’s
Crematorium and Chapel immediately following the service. A gathering of family and friends will be 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Friday, June 20, at the mortuary.
