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DAWN M.JONES
CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND, IN
A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AWARDED BY SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL
MEMBER HENRY DAVIS,JR. COMMEMORATING AND HONORING THE LIFE
AND LEGACY OF MARIAN GRACE SCOTT-NEWBILL
6-XLasi, Marian Grace Scott was born on June 29, 1927, in South Bend, IN, the daughter
of the late Arthur C. Scott and his wife Grace Catherine(Simmons) Scott; and
6es, Marian Grace married the love of her life Rozell Newbill in February 1946; and
4 ,Marian Grace was a known and respected business owner, having opened her
first B-B-Que Restaurant in South Bend, on Washington Street, in 1952; and
OX‘rattaS Marian Grace opened her second restaurant in 1985; and
G,l .,tts4 still not satisfied, she opened a third restaurant in 2017, shortly before retiring;
and
Olic•mas, Marian Grace accomplished many"firsts"in her life including being the first
black woman on the school board at St. Patrick's School in 1952 and the first black woman in
the Altar and Rosary Society; and
Marian Grace was a pillar of St. Augustine's Church; and
Marian Grace had an interest in teaching as shown by her teaching children's
Sunday school for more than twenty years and teaching elementary school students life skills,
also for more than twenty years, while being the second in command for the African American
Tutoring Program; and
*Class of her teaching skills, Marian Grace was fond of saying"I can teach you
something new honey, that you would have never learned;" and
G'4 Marian Grace has received many awards throughout her lifetime including the
Citizen's Award from the City of South Bend; and
Ofirdpets Marian Grace had many other interests during her life such as working as a
nursing assistant for over thirty years at Terry Kings Nursing Home and working in Chicago
with Mr. and Mrs. Ziemanns; and
Off, Marian Grace was not only the matriarch of a large family, which includes two
adopted great-great-grandchildren, Dabian and Deangelo Boyd, along with two brothers, two
sisters, nine children, twenty-seven grandchildren and more than seventy great-grandchildren;
and
41 , Marian Grace will always be loved by all because no one was a stranger and she
saw good in everyone; and
Wirsffinv,by providing food for the needy and shelter to the homeless and caring for all
around her, Marian Grace was truly a modern-day saint; and
4/ Marian Grace passed from this life on October 11, 2023, in her daughter's home,
surrounded by her family.
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((elan I. The South Bend Common Council proudly commemorates and celebrates the life well
lived and the legacy of Marian Grace Scott-Newbill.
lit'as. II. The South Bend Common Council offers Marian Grace's family and friends its
most sincere condolences on her passing.
Wo III. May God and Marian Grace forever smile down on you.
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Henry Davis, Jr., South Bend Common Council
Second District
Filed in Clerk's Office
OCT 1 0 2023
DAWN M.J0/01:S
CITY CLERK,SOUTH