John Scott Keating

Great Falls, SC - J. Scott Keating, 74, a Charlotte, North Carolina native, passed from liver disease on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at MUSC Lancaster where he was surrounded by the love and support of his family.

During his formative years, Scott attended St. Ann's and Catholic High, concluding his primary education at Myers Park H.S. in the class of 1966. While attending college at CPCC, he was drafted to serve his country as a National Guardsman during the Vietnam War, and did so, until its welcomed end.

Years following, he worked his way up to become a Draught Supervisor at Bealer Wholesale. This position enabled him to meet and befriend scads of restauranteurs throughout Mecklenburg County. Though these were some of his favorite times, he switched careers and went on to work for Concrete Supply until retirement.

At the turn of the century, he and his girlfriend Pat built their dream home on Fishing Creek Lake and left city life behind. Here, in Great Falls, he was able to fulfill his immense love of nature, landscaping, catching lizards and snakes, pontoon boating, cranking up the tunes, and grillin' n chillin'.

After retirement, Scott would travel each summer to West Virginia to visit his daughter, Crystal. Between "gun night", cookouts, and joyriding they would bond, bicker, and laugh while talking stories and sorting out each of their past misgivings. With the sudden death of his stepdaughter and months later, his wife, and then his own, future plans to move and finish out his golden years in WV sadly never came to pass.

Overall, Scott was a fun-loving, "never met a stranger," laid-back kind of guy. An all-around good man to be missed. "But hey!" we'll all meet again one day. Until then, as he'd always say, "keep it in the road!"

Scott is preceded in death by his parents John and Nadine, brother Paul, former wife Judy Fisher Schmidtt, common-law wife Pat Borneman, and her daughter Lisa Borneman.

He is survived by his daughter Crystal Keating of Marlinton, WV; sister Carol and brother-in-law Neil Pylant of Bakersville, NC; and step-granddaughter Tricia Kinsler-Borneman of Great Falls, SC.

A marker will be placed in Scott's remembrance alongside his parents at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC.

Only love remains.