Clarence Lott Jr.

Clarence Lott Jr.

Atlanta, GA

Clarence Lee Lott, Jr., age 71, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. He was born on January 8, 1940, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Clarence Lee Lott and Florence Dixon Lott. The son of a telephone company executive, Lee was raised in nine cities throughout the southeast: Louisville, Nashville, Decatur GA, Montgomery, Birmingham, Coral Gables, Charlotte, Atlanta and Jackson. He graduated from Murrah High School in 1958 and the University of Mississippi in 1962, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration and was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Following college, he served two years as a finance officer with the U.S. Army at Fort Ord, California. A stock broker whose career spanned 42 years, he helped open the Jackson office of Morgan Keegan in 1972 and worked most recently as Senior Vice President - Investments at Wells Fargo Advisors. Lee was an avid duck hunter, and he equally enjoyed dove hunting, fishing, golfing, caring for his dogs, and travelling with family and friends. He was best known for his humor and insight. He was a member of Pinelake Baptist Church, and he placed his trust in God. He was preceded in death by his Mother and Father and by his son John Baxter Lott. He is survived by his loving wife Nina Dunnam Lott, daughters Olivia Dixon Lott and Victoria Lee Lott, sons Clarence Lee Lott III (Sally) and Bradford Brindley Lott (Sue), four grandchildren Julia Elizabeth Lott, Andrew Lee Lott, Barrett Brindley Lott and Phoebe Elizabeth Lott, mother-in-law Hazel Dunnam, and sister Page Prewitt. Memorials in his name may be made to the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children or the Methodist Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be at 10:00 and the funeral will be at 11:00, both on Friday, May 27th at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in downtown Jackson. There will be a private family burial.