The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-31
Emmett Lott |
Dies Suddenly;
Funeral Today
Heart Attack Saturday
Night, Fatal to State
Trust Co. Cashier and
World War Veteran

E. Emmett Lott, Sc, cashier of
the State Trust Co., and one of
the best known young men in this
county, died suddenly at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Lott, on the Greenville
highway, about midnight Satur-
day night.
Death was due to a heart at
tack and he died in a few min
utes. He had not previously been
i'll.
Funeral services were held this
morning at II o'clock at the First
Baptist church and burial fol-
lowed in Oakdale cemetery. A
large congregation which filled
the church and numerous floral
tributes bespoke the high esteem
in which he was held by the COM
munity.
The services were in charge of
the Rev. L. T. Wilds, Jr., pastor
of the First Presbyterian church,
in the absence of Rev. Broadus
E. Jones. DR.. Wilds was assisted
by Rev. James Justice.
Music was rendered by the
choir, composed of j. F. Brooks,
A. F. Barber, Mrs. o. A. Meyer,
G. C. Richardson, Mrs. J. C. Nor
row, Jr., Mrs. P. F. Sudduth, Roy
C. Bennett and P. F. Sudduth.
Miss Kate Dotson accompanied at
the organ.
Members of the American Lee
gion attended in a body. Honor
ary pallbearers were Fred Justus,
w. P. Andrews, R. C.. Clarke, DR..
J. C. Bennett, Forrest Hunter, II.
B. Kelly, A. w. Wheeler, o. Roy
Keith, J. C. Morrow, Jr., Noah
Hollowell, G. j. Vile, and G. c.
Richardson, W. M. Sherard, j. W.
Bailey, H. E. Williams, R. l.:
Whitmire, and Ted Garner, of
Union. S. C.
Active pallbearers were DR.. r.
C. Sample, Mayor A. V. Edwards,
James w. Duff, E. A. Smyth, Bird,
w. B. Hodges, DR.. o. P. Smith,
C. X. Hoover, and Alex Garner.
Mr. Lott was suddenly stricken
Saturday night about midnight:
He had not previously been I'll
and his death came as a sudden
shock to the community. He was
at his duties at the bank on Sat
urday and was in the city on Sat-
urday night about 9 o'clock.
Shortly afterward he lay down
on his bed to read and some time
later told Mrs. Lott that he had a
pain in his chest and throat.
About midnight Mrs. Lott was
awakened by his gasping for
breath. She called other members
of the family and he died In
short time before medical aid
reached him.
Mr.. Lott was a native of Mis-
sissippi. He came here with his
family in 1912 and had made his
home here almost continually
since that date. !,
He attended school here and
was a student at Duke university
when this country entered the
World war. He enlisted and
served for about year in France
as a member of an anti-aireratt
battery in the Coast Artillery
corps.
After the war he engaged IN
the lumber business for a short
time in Mississippi, but later re-
turned to Hendersonvjlle. He was
vice-president and active manag-
err of the American Bank & Trust
Co., and after the close of that
institution he became connected
with the State Trust Co., when
he had served as cashier 1or
about four years.
He is survived by his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lott; ms
widow, formerly Miss Lillian Dale
Sutherland, of Columbia, S: T.,
a small daughter, Mary Dale;
two brothers, DR.. Clifford Lott, Of
Asbeyille. and Leslie Lott, of tins
citv. and a sister, Mrs. Mont W.
Egerton, of Knoxville, Tenn.