1939

Edward Prouty “Scott” Sutherland was born on 16 May 1939 in Hennepin, Minnesota, USA a child of James McNeill Sutherland and Alva Prouty Sutherland.

1940

Edward P Sutherland was counted in the census on 13 Apr 1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA, as an 11-month-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father, James M Sutherland; his mother, Alva Sutherland; his brother, James M Sutherland; and the family’s servant, Mary Jane Webb.

1950

Edward P Southerland was counted in the census on 18 Apr 1950 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA, as a 10-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father, James M Southerland; and his mother, Alva P. Southerland.

2022

He died on 09 Mar 2022 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.

Edward P. Sutherland of Camden, South Carolina | 1939 – 2022 | Obituary

Edward P. “Scott” Sutherland May 16, 1939 – March 9, 2022

How do you sum up a man’s life in a few paragraphs?  Especially a man like Scott?

Know as Ned until the military, he was nicknamed Scott during basic training because there were so many men named Edward in his class; and he was, after all, Scottish.

Scott always said that when he passed, we should not mourn him, but celebrate his life.  Married to the love of his life and with two daughters who adored him, Scott said he lived a charmed life.  He had many talents and was able to find several careers that he enjoyed.  His favorite quote to his daughters as they grew up was “find something you love to do and are good at doing, and the money will come.  It’s not about the paycheck.  It’s about your life.

An electrical engineer by training, he developed the first telephone pager through a national company and owned a small computer company during the early 70’s whose mission statement was to “have a computer in every home by the year 2000”.  Ahead of his time in the computer industry, he found his second calling as a home builder and developer; a career that spanned over 40 years and included the communities of Burke Mountain Ski Resort, Okemo Mountain Resort, Waterville Valley, The Retreat, and Woodlyn Meadows in North Myrtle Beach, and Tidewater Golf Plantation.

During the disaster of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Scott was part of the Building Safety Assessment that took place at that time. Those findings helped create what are now the current Hurricane Building Codes that are used along the Carolina beaches today.  He was actively involved in the Horry Georgetown Home Builder’s Association receiving the HGHBA Key Man Award in 1993 and serving as its President in 1994.

He considered Tidewater Golf Plantation his crown achievement: proud of the Community he built around one of the country’s finest public golf courses.  He didn’t want to just build houses.  He wanted to build dream homes within any budget. And he wanted the community to complement the land it sat on.  He believed one could be both a developer and a conservationist and Tidewater was the culmination.

Scott loved to sail and during the 70’s and 80’s he used his engineering skills as tactician on racing teams, sailing regattas in Long Island Sound and along the Carolina Coastline.  He loved to fly and had his private pilot’s license until his vision no longer allowed him to fly.

Scott had one of those voices that you heard across the room, even at a whisper.  He used that voice as the bass soloist in the West Point Glee Club, and upon stages from high school to community theater singing many a Gilbert and Sullivan show tune.  He also used that voice as a horse show announcer, supporting his wife, daughters’ and grand daughters’ passion for horses, even though he wasn’t particularly fond of them.  But horses allowed him to combine three things he loved: building, cooking, and speaking.

In 1978 he built Ann her dream farm in Norwich, VT.   On 63 acres, Touch of Meadow Farm was a training facility complete with a barn to house 32 horses and an indoor riding ring.  Since “his girls” were hooked on horses, he got involved as the resident chef providing the fanciest and best-tasting gourmet lunches that horse shows had seen, including chef salads, champagne, sterling silver, and candelabras.  Graduating from chef to driver, he drove the horse van to horse shows all over the east coast, and then,  when his youngest daughter was in college, riding the intercollegiate circuit and in need of someone to announce the University of South Carolina Horse Shows, he volunteered.  His was the voice of university shows at USC, Clemson, St. Andrews College, College of Charleston, and in 1988 and 1989 he announced the Intercollegiate Finals.

He believed in “always finding the good in people” and had a generous and giving spirit.  He was a jokester, loved puns, and often engaged in wordplay that would leave his audience groaning.  He was a gifted storyteller able to spin a yarn that could make a fisherman blush and knew a little bit about everything under the sun.

Scott believed in family; that didn’t just mean blood relatives.  He was an ear to listen (though truthfully, he did most of the talking), a shoulder to cry on, and the shelter in a storm for those he loved.  He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann; his daughter Kari, her husband Joe; his daughter Kelli and her husband Bryan, his granddaughters, Katie, (Josh)Megan, Robin, (Derick) and Diana and his great-granddaughters, Paige and Alexandria.  He was predeceased by his parents, James and Alva Sutherland, and his brother Jim.

He passed peacefully with Ann by his side.  He is loved unconditionally, will be greatly missed.

A private invitation-only, a celebration of his life will be held Sunday, April 10, 2022.  In keeping with Scott’s giving and generous spirit, donations may be made to the following organizations:

The Barnabas Horse Foundation at BarnabusHorse.org

Dog4u rescue at Dog4u.org

Janice Faye’s Ranch at janicefayesranch.org

Or any local Veterans Association