Lottie Russell Otts
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Mrs. Lottie Jean Russell Otts, age 86, died unexpediently Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at her residence. She was born June 14, 1935 in Shaw, Mississippi to William Staton Russell and Roxie Lucille Word Russell. She married John Gillispie Otts on May 6, 1950. They moved to the Tupelo area in 1969 where she worked many years in the garment industry employed by Blue Bell. She also worked the last 20 years as a caregiver for the elderly. She was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness on Monument Drive in Tupelo.
Lottie enjoyed fishing, cleaning, quilting, and cooking. She enjoyed going out to eat with her children. She was a home-body who enjoyed being a homemaker.
Services honoring her life were held on Saturday, May 28, 2022, in the Sadie Holland Memorial Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with the Elder officiating. Burial followed at Locust Hill Cemetery in Sherman.
Survivors include her children, Gloria Stewart, John H. Otts, Sr., James Mike Otts, and Mark Otts, all of Beech Springs; sister, Mary Ruth Thames of Poplar Grove, Ark.; nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and nine great-great grandchildren; her nieces, nephews, and their families. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, John Gillispie Otts.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews - Bobby Otts, Billy Joe Otts, Derek McKissick, Brent Otts, Johnny Otts, Scotty Mills, Michael Otts, and Wesley Otts.
Condolences to the family may be posted at hollandfuneraldirectors.com. Those who cannot attend may view the service at 12 noon, Saturday or anytime thereafter by going to hollandfuneraldirectors.com/livestreaming.