LOTT CEMETERY, Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. he submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ LOTT CEMETERY, Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas Directions: (1) Take Hwy 16 south from San Antonio, Texas to Farm Road 476 just as you get into Poteet, Texas (about 20 miles from Loop 410.) (2) Turn right on Farm Road 476 and go about 3.3 miles to Farm Road 1333. (3) Turn left on FR 1333 and go about 1.3 miles. (4) The Lott Cemetery is on the left side of the road fenced and bearing the sign Lott Cemetery. Inventory of graves conducted by Barbara Ann Byrom Driver on January 19, 2001. Made available to The USGenWEB Archives by Barbara Ann Byrom Driver at email poteetbarb@aol.com Starting on the far left side of the first row of tombstones facing east are the following: He Protected and He Served Tom J. Lott Oct. 9, 1904 - Feb. 28, 1988. (Inscribed is a sheriff's badge) Faye Lott June 12, 1909 - Oct. 29, 1983 (Praying hands inscription) Julia Batchelor Lott Nov. 20, 1911 - Oct. 29, 1990 (In Loving Memory) Edward Lee Lott March 29, 1907 Dec. 26, 1947 (In Loving Memory) J. Robert Lott 1846-1930 Inscribed with: Crossed Confederate Flags with crossed swords and the words TEXAS CALVARY C.S.A Eva Lee Lott 1870 - 1929 In Memory of (crossed hands reaching across top) John W. Lott Born July 22, 1839 Died Aug. 24, 1894 Unmarked metal marker Marker about 5 feet tall shaped like a tree trunk with cut limbs. Inscribed on the top portion with an emblem of the Woodmen of the World Memorial Bernhardt R. Tutschke Feb. 11, 1887 Sept. 13, 1917 (Gone but not forgotten) Unmarked wooden stake. Infant son of J. N. & A. C. Simmons Born Aug. 20, 1900 Died Aug. 28, 1900 J. N. Simmons Nov. 30, 1844 Aug. 21, 1903 (inscription) A light from our household is gone. A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our hearts That never can be filled. Charles Anna Simmons March 11, 1863 June 23, 1934 Belle A. Russell Nov. 9, 1890 (no death date) Son Ernest R. Tutschke April 27, 1910 July 17, 1922 (toy soldier with a hobby horse in lower left corner) Second row with tombstones facing east, only one stone. William Steven Lott Oct. 14, 1900 Dec. 5, 1940 (In God's Loving Care) On the far right side of the cemetery are two large double headstones with urns or vases between the stones on each grave. VALDEZ Micaela Feb. 20, 1890 Dec. 24, 1984 Pedro June 29, 1883 Oct. 19, 1972 Second large double stone. Evangeline and Lloyd V. Valdez. VALDEZ Evangeline (Mrs. Valdez is still living) Jan 31, 1919 Lloyd V. Feb 11. 1916 June 14, 1985