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‘r *!‘? JJortlm th © hscruer December 7, 2005 PageA5 Coast Industries Founder Remembered Local entrepreneur grew national business Henry Daniel Scott Jr., a local entrepreneur w ho grew a business into a national com pany with 3(X) em ployees, is being rem em bered after his death at the age o f 80. Funeral services were held Nov. 28 at Bethel A M E C hurch in northeast Portland. H e w as bom in Vidalia, La. on April 1, 1925, the second o f nine children to Henry D. Scott Sr. and M ary D ickson Scott. A son o f a L o u is ia n a s h a r e c r o p p e r , h is hum ble beginnings instilled the will to get ahead, to strive for success and to provide for his fam ily. In 1944, he took advantage o f an opportunity to relocate to Portland by w orking in the K aiser shipyards building N avy ships. He encour aged his parents, five brothers and three sisters to relocate to Portland to build a better future. A fter W orld W ar II ended and the shipyard closed, he worked as a m echanic for C onsolidated Freightw ays. Scott met B ernice M erriw eather in 1949 after she m oved to Portland from Texas. They w ere m arried in 1951. T o this union three children w ere born. W hile w orking his day job, he ing is im p o ssib le ” and "y o u have to sp en d less th an you e a rn .” By 1970, the com pany achieved $ I m illio n in an n u al sales and a c q u ire d E m p ire S ecurity S erv ices as its seco n d o p eratio n al d iv i sion. In 1987, the co m p an y w as in c o rp o rated as C o ast Industries, Inc. U nder his leadership, the ja n ito rial service w as transform ed into one o f O reg o n ’s largest minority- SAFEWAY Ingredients for life. . Henry D. Scott Jr. and a friend started a part-tim e ja n i torial service in o rder to earn extra incom e. "O ne eight hour jo b was never enough for m e," he once said. In 1957, he and his wife officially launched C oast Janitorial Service. A s the business grew other fam ily m em bersjoined the firm, beginning with his older brother M anuel. C o a st Ja n ito ria l S erv ice grew into a su c cessfu l b u sin ess du e to the active particip atio n o f his fam ily m em b ers co m b in ed w ith his b u sin e ss p h ilo so p h ie s o f "n o th - Accomplished Life of Varied Careers Local woman worked for success C harlene C ox-T anner w as bom can A m ericans at the tim e. She at in Seattle on June 22, 1928, one o f tended nursing school, graduated, three children bom to A rthur A. and w orked at Em anuel Hospital, G ood Samaritan and Portland Provi C ox Sr. and Etoile Hicks-Cox. C harlene was quite the business dence. w om an. T hroughout her life she W hen her father A rthur A. Cox interacted with various jo b s and Sr. died, she took full control o f Cox positions. In the state o f O regon, in earl ier years, it was very hard to get any type o f profes sional license for A frican A m ericans. W hen Charlene follow ed in her m other’s fo o tsteps by becom ing a beautician, she left O regon to attend beauty school in C alifornia. W hen she re turned to the state to take an a p p re n tic e s h ip w ith h er m other, a licensed beauti cian already operating un der a com prom ise license, special arrangem ent were m adeforherexam inationon th e site o f h er m o th e r’s beauty shop. She w as once offered a position in Holly wood as an actress for the part in w hich Charlene L. Cox-Tanner D orothy D andrige played, but she & Cox Funeral Chapel in Portland turned it dow n and let them know along with her son, continuing to that her first priority was her son. m aintain the fam ily business ju st as She w as all about fam ily and it has alw ays been. everyone who knew her w i 11 tel I you Preceding her in death w as her that. m o th er and fath er; sister Ruth T hroughout her own career as a L ancaster; brother A rthur A. Cox beautician, C harlene solely oper Jr. and husband W illie Tanner. ated seven beauty shops. Four o f S he is su rv iv ed by h er son them w ere on Union A venue, now Jerom e C ox-T an n er (Schaw na); M artin L uther King Jr. Boulevard, g ra n d c h ild re n Y o lan d a , K evin tw o o f them were on W illiam s A v (Angie), Shelleneand Rashad; great enue and one w as in the basem ent grandchildren N ecia C age, A lexis, o f her hom e on Rodney A venue. A spyn and K ylea T anner; a host o f Later, she had a desire to becom e n ie c e s, n e p h e w s, c o u s in s an d a nurse, a rare occupation for A fri- friends. RANCHERS < 'h f e i <7 ÄA Ranchefs Reserve Angus Beef I V L j L j Chuck Roast l(JUAL0mf.SWHVAUtmif R , 1 M H 4 CLUB PRICE SAVE up to $3.99 lb. on 2nd package New Crop! i» I 39c California Navel Oranges SAVE up to $1.10 lb. CLUB PRICE Holidays mean Safeway deli party trays D ia g n o s e d w ith glaucom a at an early age and rendered c o m p le te ly b lin d at 12. Neville Peter has grown to b e c o m e o n e o f g o sp e l's most sought after live perform ers. His critically acclaim ed album “T he Throne of G race" featured the top 10 radio and records hit “ P ersonal.” Peter, an outstand ing vocalist, m usician an d so n g w rite r, r e cently released a h eart felt collection o f hym ns titled “Sim ply Hymn: Volum e O ne," through M eridian Music Group. The collection offers a m editative accom panim ent to feeling G o d ’s soulful p resence. Included on “Sim ply H ym n" are classics such as “G reat Is Thy F aithfulness,” “N ear the C ross,” and “ A m azing G race.” For m ore inform ation, visit w w w .m eridianm usicgroup.net. N o w t h r u J a n u a r y 4 t h , e a r n 1500 U n i t e d M il e a g e P l u s m i l e s w it h t h e P U R C H A SE OF 4 D E L I TRAYS. S e e C u s t o m e r S e r v ic e FOR DETAILS. Your To Co frtp,ete party! H o lid a y 99 5 ea Mission Tortilla Chips CLUB PRICE 16-02. Selected varieties. Club Price $1 .0 0 ea SAVE ip lo $15.90 on I I CLUB PRICE Deep Dish or French Bread 8 8 to 242-® Selected an- eties ClubPnce $2 5 0 « SAVE up to $fi 76 on 4 12-oz bag. Selected varieties. SAVE up to $410 CUM PRICE 2$ fw J ■ J cum price ‘or Safeway Cranberry Juice 64-oz. Selected SAVE up to $2 varieties, 96 on 2 Club Price $1.50 ea J Neville Peter Releases ‘Simply Hymn' I on his 47-foot yacht on the C o lu m ter-in -law M innie. bia and W illam ette rivers. He is survived by brothers H.B. He received m any aw ards and S cott, S am uel S co tt an d T erry recognition on b eh alf o f C oast In Scott; sisters: Bernice N oble( Jam es d u strie s. U pon his re tire m e n t, Noble), Ethel Love, Shirley M cCoy; form er Portland M ayor Bud Clark sister-in-law E lnetta Scott (A lbert proclaim ed M ay 1 4 ,19 9 0 as "Henry S co tt S r.); c h ild re n B e rn a d ette and M anuel Scott A ppreciation (B aruti) A rtharee, Jero m e Scott, Day " Robert Scott and D oug Scott; 5 He w as p rec ed ed in d ea th by grandchildren; 3 g reat-g ran d ch il his p are n ts an d w ife; b ro th ers dren; and many o th er fam ily m em M anuel an d A lb ert S r.; an d s is bers and friends. ow ned businesses with o ver 300 em ployees nationally. In 1990, the O regon Econom ic D evelopm ent D epartm ent praised the firm as “a unique model o f black entrepreneurship in a highly co m petitive industry.” In addition to his business en deavors, Scott was a m em ber o f the N A ACP, the Urban League and Bethel A M E Church. 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