Jane Lott

Jane Elizabeth Adams Lott died January 13, 2009. She was born in Austin, Texas, in1920 to Mary Barton Adams and George E. Adams. She was raised in Bryan, Texas, along with her sisters, Hazel Adams Richardson and Emily Adams Lyne, and her brothers, George Barton Adams and John Charles Adams.
Jane Lott attended Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia, and received her Bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University in 1941. She also completed two years of graduate studies in Voice at TCU. Jane moved to Navasota in 1943 to work for the Civil Aeronautics Authority as a weather reporter to serve incoming air traffic. She met and married Arthur Lyddleton Lott, a rancher and farmer of Navasota. Upon her marriage she transferred her church membership from First Christian Church of Bryan to the First Presbyterian Church of Navasota, where she was an Elder of the church, director and soloist of the choir, director of the youth choir and President of the Women of the Church. She sang in many services and weddings around the state and taught the acolyte class for many years.
Mrs. Lott was a versatile leader in Navasota. She joined the Navasota Music Study Club when she first moved to Navasota and performed as a singer for many of their programs. She was President of the Club and brought many musicians to perform for audiences in Navasota. Jane Lott will be remembered for starting the Navasota Music Study Club Scholarship Fund. The fund was named after her in 2003. This award is granted to students upon graduation from high school to pursue their continued study of music.
Other notable accomplishments include: President of Navasota Garden Club, President of Navasota Civic Club, President of Campfire Girls Council, Director of Campfire Girls Summer Day Camp, and representative to the Campfire Girls Jubilee in New York City (1960). She was also President of the Zuber Hadley chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and designed the flag used at their meetings. Mrs. Lott was also an accomplished cook, gardener and bird enthusiast. She worked with past Mayor Eugene Gibson to establish Navasota as a bird sanctuary.
Mrs. Lott was preceded in death by her loving husband, and her siblings Hazel, Emily, Barton and John. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-laws Mary (Mimi) Youens Lott and Steven Lee of McDonough, Georgia, and Emily Jane Lott and Thomas Atkinson of Austin, Texas, three grandsons, Robert Lott Parker, John Charles Parker and William Arthur Atkinson, two great grandchildren Benjamin Parker and Thomas Parker, and six nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank her niece Elizabeth Lyne Scott and Laura Cherry Purcell for their devotion and care for our mother while she was in the nursing home.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 31 at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church. All are welcome to attend.
Her family requests that all memorials be made to the JANE LOTT MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Please mail to Sue Smith, 6794 Sunshine Valley Lane, Navasota, Texas, 77868. The family invites you to leave fond memories or kind words at www.noblesfuneral.com .