Norman Scott Mcleod

Scott Mcleod, 51, of Richmond Texas, was born on April 12, 1972, in London, Ontario, Canada to Norman and Nora Mcleod. He passed away suddenly on February 23, 2024, in hospital at Longview, Texas. Scott grew up playing competitive hockey that involved many family road-trips all over Ontario to attend tournaments and games. His early hockey life was the gateway for his lifelong love of sports. In 1996, Scott received his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He began his engineering career in Ontario, quickly jumping on the opportunity to move to Vancouver to pursue his career. Scott eventually received an opportunity to move to Calgary, Alberta where he would meet his wife, Sharlynn, and daughter, Chanelle. In 2007, Sharlynn and Scott were married in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Over the next few years, they continued living on Calgary’s west side. On weekends, Scott would take advantage of the easy commute to the Rocky Mountains skiing and snowboarding in the winter months and hiking, mountain biking, and dirt biking in the foothills during the summer. The more time he spent dirt biking, the more he fell in love with it. Scott made it a sport he could enjoy all year around once he discovered snow biking. Scott became passionately involved in the Rocky Mountain Dirt Riders Association (RMDRA) where he held the position of Fundraising Director, volunteering endless hours supporting races and making trails. Scott’s dedication to the dirt bike community earned him a lifetime achievement award from the RMDRA. In 2015, Scott took a relocation through work to Houston, Texas. He and Sharlynn packed up their lives and dogs and made the road-trip from Canada across the border to their new home in Richmond, Texas. Scott quickly settled into work in Houston while continuing to enjoy his love for activity and the outdoors by golfing at the Willow Fork Club, dirt biking, paddle boarding on rivers and lakes, camping across Texas and many southern states, and rescuing dogs after hurricanes. Scott’s silliness, love of activities, and passion for living life to the fullest will be greatly missed by those close to him and especially their children. Scott was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Leanne Mcleod. Those left to cherish his memories include, his loving wife of 17 years, Sharlynn Mcleod of Richmond; daughter, Chanelle Stachiw (Fouillard) and her husband Patrick of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and his two rescue pups that he loved endlessly, "Charlie" and "Roxxy". Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Horn-Nail-Haggard Funeral Home of Daingerfield, Texas. Celebrations of his life will be held in Texas and Alberta and will be announced at a later date.