Scott Keith Laws (1977-2007)
On Friday, September 14, 2007, Scott Keith Laws went to be with his Lord and Savior. Scott was born June 18, 1977, in Jefferson City, Missouri. He grew up in Columbia and graduated from Hickman High School in 1996. While he was in high school, Scott spent his summers doing mission work in Romania. While attending college at the University of Missouri- Columbia, he spent a year studying at the University of Sibiu in Romania as an exchange student where he became fluent in Romanian. In 2000 Scott went to work for Microsoft in Silicon Valley, California.
Scott is survived by his parents, Keith and Sherryl Laws of Harrisburg, brother Tim, sister Julie and her husband Nathan Byrum and their three children Rose, Carter and Carson, grandmothers Velda Ogar of Mexico and Leola Laws of Perryville, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins from around the area. He was preceded in death by both his grandfathers, Adolph Ogar and Stan Laws and cousin Anne Quick.
Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, September 18 at 10:30 am at the Evangelical Free Church, 600 Silvey Road, Columbia, Missouri. Donations may be made to the Craiova Romania Church Building Fund in care of the Johnston Evangelical Free Church, 9901 NW 62nd St., Johnston, IA 50131.