Her maiden name is spelled as listed above on her tombstone. However, other sources show her last name as "Venable". I have found no link to her parents using either spelling. I was told that her parents names were Bill and Hannah (Quillen). I cannot find any information about them either.
Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZW1-SMD : 3 November 2017), Brady Scott and Lena Veneroble, 08 May 1920; citing Greene, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 154, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,148,860.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9TY-DBS : 26 August 2019), Lena Venable in entry for Mildred Scott, 23 Dec 1920; Death, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HD-L8SX : 26 August 2019), Lena Venable in entry for Brady Edgar Scott, 30 Jan 1962; Death, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWT-L4HT : accessed 21 April 2020), Lena Scott in entry for James A Scott, Tennessee, United States, 29 Dec 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Greeneville Sun, The, born-digital text.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWT-L4HT : accessed 21 April 2020), Lena Scott in entry for James A Scott, Tennessee, United States, 29 Dec 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Greeneville Sun, The, born-digital text.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP49-88P : accessed 21 April 2020), Lena Scott in household of Brady E Scott, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 19B, line 89, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2249; FHL microfilm 2,341,983.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63718843/lena-scott: accessed February 25, 2024), memorial page for Lena Venerable Scott (18 Jan 1901–28 Feb 1983), Find A Grave: Memorial #63718843, citing Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Vadis Sagadraca (contributor 47013214).
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