Roll Call Tribute

LeKita Vaney (Scott) Dawkins 

November 15, 1971 - December 30, 2025 

On December 30, 2025, LeKita Vaney Scott Dawkins, Ph.D., age 54, was called home to be with our Heavenly Father after a private and courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Dell Bullard Scott, and her grandparents, Robert and Verdell Palmer Bullard and Abe and Mary Fletcher Scott.

The daughter of Don Lewis Scott and the late Barbara Dell Bullard Scott, LeKita was born November 15, 1971, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Her arrival was met with unsurpassed joy that continued throughout her days. She was a sweet, bubbly baby who captured the hearts of her entire family and was adored by her parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles who affectionately referred to her as "Kita-Kat."

LeKita found her academic footing as an undergraduate at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, earning her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1992. While she was on the yard, she joined Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. with "The Unified Thirty-Five" in Spring 1991. From this sisterhood grew lifelong friendships that LeKita cherished deeply. In 1994, she earned a Master of Education from Texas A&M University.

Left to celebrate LeKita's life are her husband Gary Allen Dawkins and their daughter Grace Adell Dawkins of Minneapolis, MN; her father Don Lewis Scott of Ormond Beach, FL; her sister Shea Scott-Bey (Brian) of Randolph, NJ and brother Jason Patrick Scott of Plainfield, NJ; her mother-in-law Yvonne Jacqueline Clark Dawkins of Baltimore, MD and brother-in-law Brian Eric Dawkins of Baltimore, MD; two aunts, Jerline Bullard of Pine Bluff, AR and Josephine Adams of Pine Bluff, AR; an uncle Dennis Roy Scott (Carol) of Pine Bluff, AR; a nephew Lorne Allen Dawkins of Baltimore, MD; and a host of cousins, extended family, and many dear friends.