According to Passaic County, Georgia Scott, 74, has died.  Scott was a Democrat who was elected to serve as a Passaic County Freeholder in the 1996 election, educated at Rutgers and William Paterson University, and was an executive director of a number of charitable organizations.

As a freeholder, she served as chair of Planning and Economic Development.

She was also a trustee of the Passaic County Juvenile Justice Commission, a Member National Council of Negro Women, and more.

Passaic County expressed their condolences via social media.