James Anthony Lott, 71, of Finger passed away May 20, 2023, at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Mark Latham, Randall Jones, and Bruce Hussey officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens of Hardin County, TN. The family received friends at Crook Avenue from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday.
He was born Sept. 3, 1951, in Memphis, the son of the late James ‘Jimmy’ and Junell Bishop Lott. He grew up in Finger. He graduated from Bethel Springs High School in 1969. He married Lawanna Jean Majors in 1981. They made their home in the Logan Lake Community. Lawanna preceded him in death on Sept. 8, 2011.
He has been driving a truck since he was 18. He drove for Johnson/Clayton Exxon then became an owner/operator. He hauled livestock produce, cotton, brick and heavy equipment. He also pulled for First Farmers Coop in Savannah, Chester County Grain in Henderson, Premier Manufacturing and Carrier Air Conditioning. He was known as T. Lott or Little Country Boy to his breaker-breaker buddies.
He enjoyed trucking, equipment auctions, buying, selling and trading, bluegrass music and watching “Gunsmoke” and “Mash.”
He also enjoyed spending time with his family, friends, his trucking family and spoiling his dog, Molly Blue.
He is survived by a sister, Emily M. Lott of Bethel Springs.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Lawanna Jean Majors Lott, in 2011.
