Shirley M. Lott

Shirley M. Lott, age 93 of Temple, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Arbor House in Temple. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home with Finny Hoelscher officiating. Burial will follow at Greathouse Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 1-2:00pm Wednesday prior to the funeral service.

Mrs. Lott was born on August 22, 1925 in Bartlett, Texas to the late Walter Messer and Abby May Limmer Messer. She graduated from Academy High School then attended business school in Dallas. She graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1963 and received her Master’s Degree from Prairie View A&M University in 1979. On October 25, 1945, she married Charles M. Lott. He preceded her in death on March 31, 2010. Shirley worked at the VA Hospital a short time and later taught school at Temple, Westphalia, Rogers, Bartlett and Cameron. She was a member of Heights Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two sons, Charles M. Lott, Jr. and Malcolm Lee “Bubba” Lott.

Survivors include her daughter, Sharlene Hoelscher and husband Finny of Temple; grandchildren, Ky Hoelscher and Lacy Hoelscher, both of Temple; great grandchildren, Halee Mackie and Mason Mackie, both of Temple; and a brother, Malcolm E. Messer of Little River-Academy.