Daniel Scott McRae, 51

Daniel Scott McRae, age 51, died peacefully on January 30, 2026, in Nashville, TN, after a hard-fought battle with peritoneal carcinoma cancer. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects to the family at St. Henry Church, 6401 Harding Pike, Nashville, on Sunday, February 15. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. and funeral mass will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Scott was born on September 13, 1974, in Statesboro, to Johnny and Gail McRae of Swainsboro. He always liked to say that he “was raised in and by the loving small town of Swainsboro.” Scott attended Swainsboro High School and was a beloved member of the class of 1993. He went on to play baseball for one year at Brewton Parker Christian University in Mount Vernon but finished his college career at the University of Georgia in Athens where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Scott spent the last 20 years of his professional life working for Baxter Healthcare, enthusiastically serving his customers and their patients. He was well-respected among both his coworkers and his customers and was honored with many awards during his time at Baxter. Scott thought of his longtime colleagues as his Baxter Family.

In his personal life, Scott was very active in his community, his church and in the lives of his children. He enjoyed attending concerts and listening to music, sitting in a deer stand, playing golf with his buddies, any kind of fishing outing, and both playing and spectating any sporting event. Scott was passionate about Georgia Bulldogs football and had a life-long love affair with the Atlanta Braves – in good times and bad, and in sickness and in health.

Scott fiercely loved his wife of 20 years, Tina Sevier McRae of Nashville, whom he met while in college but didn’t date until they were in their late 20s while living in Atlanta as young professionals, and they married in 2005 in St. Simon’s Island. Scott and Tina had four children from 2006 to 2011 and resided in Brookhaven until 2015, when they moved their family to Nashville.

The love for his wife was rivaled only by the love he had for his children. Scott was a role model for “girl dads” and struck the perfect balance of father and best friend to his only son. He coached countless sports teams for his four children during the last 15 years, including soccer, basketball, baseball and flag football. In the words of a father of one of Scott’s players, “Some coaches are knowledgeable and some know how to coach kids, but very few are both. You are one of the few!”

In addition to coaching multiple seasons during seven years of his son’s baseball teams, Scott also coached several seasons of one of his daughter’s all-girl flag football team, the Heartbreakers. Although they were the only all-girl team in the league, the Heartbreakers won the championship title several years in a row. Teaching the girls how to beat the boys was an absolute highlight of his life. Scott drove for field trips, participated in school fundraising events and he was “a regular” in the fan section of just about any event taking place at St. Henry School or Father Ryan High School, regardless of whether he had a child participating in the event or not.

Scott was also an avid supporter of many causes that he deemed important and worthy, including Camp Marymount in Fairview, TN, The Wounded Warriors Project and various other causes that were near and dear to his friends’ hearts. If support involved participating in fundraiser runs or golf tournaments with those friends, it was even better in his opinion.

Scott loved to travel and visit with his family in St. Simon’s Island, and at Devils Lake in Manitou Beach, MI. He was always up for meeting his friends to cheer on the Dawgs, either at home or away games. Scott especially loved the many trips he and Tina took with their children, on which they made so many beautiful and unforgettable memories, including their most recent trip to Spain this past summer. Mr. McRae is preceded in death by his father John “Johnny” Daniel McRae of Swainsboro; beloved grandparents; many aunts and uncles; and cousin Paul “Mark” Smith of Kite.

Mr. McRae is survived by his mother, Carolyn “Gail” Smith McRae; older brother, John Christopher “Chris” McRae of St. Simon’s Island; wife of 20 years, Christina “Tina” Sevier McRae; four children, Magdelena “Maggie” Smith McRae, Catherine “Cate” Ann McRae, Eva Jane McRae and Daniel Sevier McRae; two beloved fur babies, Blu and Minnie; and many cherished aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the donor-advised fund that has been set up in memory of Scott so they can make meaningful and impactful donations to the philanthropies Scott championed. Examples of the donations they intend to make in his name include paying for sports fees for children to join teams, for children to attend summer camp, and support for veteran services, just to name a few.

Compassion Funeral & Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.