Buford Wayne Scott, 53, resident of Skyview Drive, died Monday, August 30, 2004 at Maury Regional Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday, at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Oakley Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Elmer Scott and Elise Massey Scott. Survivors include two brothers, Rick (David Kelley) Scott and W. M. (Linda) Scott both of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers, William Scott, Douglas Scott, Claude Scott and one sister, Bobbie Ann McCrary. Pallbearers will be friends and family.