ATTENTION: If you would like to share any photographs, stories, obituaries, newspaper articles or other memorabilia, I will be happy to include them on this website. Also, please report any errors or omissions. My contact information is as follows:

Jeff L. Bott
12999 Murphy Road, Suite B-8
Stafford, TX 77477

email: sandflatcemetery@gmail.com
281-498-8305 day

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
about Fred Lewis Bott
Name: Fred Lewis Bott
Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1910
Birth County: Smith
Certificate Number: 34116
Roll Number: 1910_000110

1920 United States Federal Census
about Fred Vott
Name: Fred Vott (Note transcription error: Bott not Vott)1
Home in 1920: Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas
Age: 9 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1911
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Gustav
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's name: Emma
Mother's Birth Place: Mississippi
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 273
Household Members:
Name Age
Gustav Vott 41
Emma Vott 41
Winnie B Vott 12
Katie Vott 10
Fred Vott 9
Emuel E Vott 7
Richard Vott 6
Lucy R Vott 2/12596

Corrections for Fred Vott - 1920 United States Federal Census
Correction Detail:
Surname: Bott
Correction Type: Transcription Error
Explanation: This is my father, Fred Lewis Bott. He was born September 28, 1910 and died November 10, 1976. He is buried in Sand Flat Cemetery, Sand Flat Community, Smith County, Texas.
Contributed By: sandflat
Contributed On: 7/21/2008

1930 United States Federal Census
about Fred L Bott
Name: Fred L Bott
Home in 1930: Tyler, Smith, Texas
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1911
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Gustav
Mother's name: Emma L
Household Members:
Name Age
Gustav Bott 54
Emma L Bott 50
Katherine L Bott 20
Fred L Bott 19
E Edward Bott 17
J Richard Bott 16
L Virginia Bott 10604

Social Security Death Index
about Fred Bott
Name: Fred Bott
Last Residence: 75701 Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States of America
Born: 28 Sep 1910
Last Benefit: 75703 Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States of America
Died: Dec 1976
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)4

Last Name First Name Middle Name Date County Sex
Bott  Fred  L    12-10-1976  SMITH  M56

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Fred Bott
Name: Fred Bott
Death Date: 10 Dec 1976
Death County: Smith
Gender: Male11

Married on Sat; 41 years 354 days

Tyler City Directory 1934-35
Bott, Fred L, 1210 N Holmes av

Tyler City Directory 1936-37
Bott, Fred L, (Mattie) 1101 N Confederate av

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Fred Lewis Bott
Name: Fred Lewis Bott
Spouse: Mattie Dock Coulter
Parents: Gustav Bott , Emma Lucille Kirk
Birth Place: CO, Smith, TX
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1910
Death Place: Smith, CO, TX
Death Date: 10 Dec 19762669

Name: Fred Lewis Bott
Death date: 10 Dec 1976
Death place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 66 years
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 28 Sep 1910
Birth place: Texas
Marital status:
Spouse name:
Father name: Gus Bott
Father birth place:
Mother name: Emma Kirk
Mother birth place:
Occupation:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place:
Burial date:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2243986
Digital GS number: 4005516
Image number: 03272
Reference number: 96609
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

:BOTT, Fred Lewis - 28 Sep 1910 - 10 Dec 1976
:BOTT, Mattie Coulter - 22 Jul 1914 - (only date)
McCOY, Willis Vernon - 7 Nov 1943 - 1 Dec 1973632

Tyler newspaper 1965
By EVERETT TAYLOR JR.

A report has been given on three Tyler brothers who all are former members of the Times-Telegraph "carrier family."

The three are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bott, 902 West Rusk, and all are graduates of John Tyler High School as well as former carrier-salesmen for the Tyler newspapers.

Jerry Fredrick Bott holds B.A. and B.S. degrees from Rice University in Houston and Doctors degrees from Harvard University where he will continue and get a post doctorate during the next year. Jerry is married to a girl from Ohio and his wife is a thesis advisor at Harvard. The couple left a few days ago for a vacation in Europe.

First Lt. Don Bott, a graduate of Texas A&M University is stationed at Savannah Georgia, with the Military Air Command. His wife also is a First Lt. in the Nurses Corps and he presently is in Rein Maine, Germany.

Jeff Lewis Bott, also a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a math major, now is with Ling-Temco-Vaught in Dallas as a mathematician in the aeronautics division.

Tyler Newspaper
December 11, 1976

Fred Bott
Rites Slated

Funeral services for Fred L. Bott, 66, 1127 Balmoral Drive, Tyler, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday in the Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Albert Dusek officiating.

Burial will be in the Antioch Cemetery in the Sand Flat Community.

Bott died Friday afternoon in a local hospital after a short illness.

He was a lifelong Tyler resident, a member of the First Baptist Church and a retired supervisor for La Gloria Oil Co., where he was employed 43 years, the longest of any La Gloria employee. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie C. Bott of Tyler; three sons, Jerry F. Bott of Los Angeles, Calif., Don C. Bott of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Jeff L. Bott of Houston; two brothers, Edward Bott and Richard Bott, both of Tyler; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Moore of Tyler and Mrs. A. B. Williams of Houston; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Hugh Kenner, Charles Cline, Ardene Henley, Jerry Brisco, Charles O. Petty and Clyde Kelly.1685
NOTE: Antioch Cemetery noted in this obituary is the Sand Flat Cemetery1


A Memorial Record for
Friends and Relatives

In Remembrance of
Mr. Fred L. Bott

Services
2:00 P.M. December 12, 1976

Burkes Walker Tippit Chapel

Clergy
Rev. Albert Dusek

Music
Mrs. Frances Tell

Active Pallbearers
Hugh Kenner
Ardene Henley
Charles O. Petty
Charles Cline
Jerry Biscoe
Clyde Kelley

Interment
Sand Flat Cemetery
Smith County, Texas

Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home
Tyler, Texas1716

Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Directors
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Tyler, Texas 75702-8123
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ATTENTION: If you would like to share any photographs, stories, obituaries, newspaper articles or other memorabilia, I will be happy to include them on this website. Also, please report any errors or omissions. My contact information is as follows:

Jeff L. Bott
12999 Murphy Road, Suite B-8
Stafford, TX 77477

email: sandflatcemetery@gmail.com
281-498-8305 day

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Date of Birth: 19 Jul 1914
Birth County: Smith
Father's name: Jefferson Coulter
Certificate Number: 24178
Roll Number: 1914_000210
NOTE: Actual birth date was 22 Jul 1914; The traveling rural doctor reported the wrong date according to my mother, Mattie Coulter Bott.1

1920 United States Federal Census
about Mattie Coulter
Name: Mattie Coulter
Home in 1920: Red Springs and Sand Flat, Smith, Texas
Age: 5 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1915
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Jeff
Father's Birth Place: Texas
Mother's name: Bessie
Mother's Birth Place: Texas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Image: 1100
Household Members:
Name Age
Jeff Coulter 39
Bessie Coulter 26
Lois Coulter 7
Mattie Coulter 5
Clyde Coulter 1 4/12593

1930 United States Federal Census
about Mattie Saulter
Name: Mattie Saulter (Correction: Coulter, Mattie)
[Mattie Coulter]
Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Smith, Texas
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1915
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Jeff
Mother's name: Lallie
Household Members:
Name Age
Jeff Saulter 48
Lallie Saulter 29
Lois Saulter 17
Mattie Saulter 15
Clyde Saulter 12
Helen Saulter 7
Marcus Saulter 4 7/12
Fred Turill 18587

Corrections for Mattie Saulter - 1930 United States Federal Census
Correction Detail:
Surname: Coulter
Correction Type: Transcription Error
Explanation: This is my mother Mattie Coulter.
Contributed By: sandflat
Contributed On: 1/2/2005

Marriage recorded in V33, P315 Smith County, Texas

Purchased home at 317 West Wilson Street, Tyler, TX on Feb 17, 1947 as recorded in Smith County Deed Records, Book 559, Page 463.

:BOTT, Fred Lewis - 28 Sep 1910 - 10 Dec 1976
:BOTT, Mattie Coulter - 22 Jul 1914 - (only date)
McCOY, Willis Vernon - 7 Nov 1943 - 1 Dec 1973632632

DALLAS DAILY TIMES HERALD
Thursday, May 21, 1931

TYLER GRADUATES AE INITIATED IN HONOR SOCIETY

Tyler, Tex., May 21 (Special). —

Ceremonies in initiating new members of the 1931 Tyler High school graduating class into the National Honor society were held in a special chapel service at the high school auditorium Wednesday.

Those granted membership into the honor society which is a outstanding event at the local high school each year, were: Mitchell Saleh, John Kay, Louise Willie, Sunshine Neeley, Pauline Todd, Nell Delay, Elizabeth Parker, Mary Gordon McDonald, Frances Bell, Margaret Jurney, Sara Bailey, Bonna Bess Jones, Eleanor Luker, Marjorie Hicks, Mattie Coulter, Marie MacMahon and Aaron Krumholtz. Mitchell Saleh made the highest record of the boys, while Louise Willie, valedictorian of the class, made the highest record of the girls.1758

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This link connects to the Internet and has the Obituary, Photographs, Guest Book, Movie, etc. for Mattie Dock Bott nee Coulter. Additional content will be added over time.

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The Obituary below is also maintained online.
Obituary for:
Mattie Dock Coulter Bott

Services for Mattie Dock Coulter Bott, 93, of Houston and formerly of Tyler, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2008, at Lloyd James Funeral chapel in Tyler. Burial will be in Sand Flat Cemetery under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home. Mrs. Bott died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Katy.

Mattie was born July 22, 1914, in Smith County, midway between the communities of Red Springs and Sand Flat, to the late Jeff and Bessie Baker Coulter. She attended Sand Flat School and graduated from Tyler High School in 1931 with a membership in the National Honors Society. Mattie received a teacher's degree in 1933 after attending both Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, and East Texas State College in Commerce. She taught elementary education at Hopewell School. She also was a homemaker and a longtime employee of Mayer & Schmidt and Dillard's Department Stores in Tyler. She was a devout Christian and a longstanding member of the First Baptist Church of Tyler. She was an avid quilter for several church organizations and specialized in making quilts for babies born with AIDS.

Mattie lived in Tyler most of her life and moved to Houston to be near her sons for the past eight years. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Fred Lewis Bott in 1976; son, Jerry Frederick Bott in 1990; sister, Lois Coulter Walton in 2005; and brother, Clyde Jefferson Coulter in 1988.

She is survived by her son, Don Coulter Bott and wife Barbara Benson Bott of Katy; son Jeff Lewis Bott and wife Joan Oleksak Bott of Katy; daughter-in-law, Nancy Rice Bott of Los Angeles, Calif.; six grandchildren, Sarah Bott Fahey and husband Joseph Patrick Fahey of Los Angeles, Calif., Stephanie Bott McLemore and husband Nathan Allen McLemore of Seattle, Wash., Karen Bott O'Dea and husband Kevin Michael O'Dea of Granite Bay, Calif., Kimberly Dawn Bott of Houston, Steven Lewis Bott and wife Ulla Strindberg Bott of Round Rock, Leanne Bott Hegyesi and husband Ronald Joseph Hegyesi of Cincinnati, Ohio; 13 great-grandchildren, Owen Coulter Fahey, Declan Burke Fahey, Tyler Coulter McLemore, Finnegan Rice McLemore, Michael Coulter O'Dea, Matthew Robert O'Dea, Mason Tyler O'Dea, Emilie Katrina Bott, Dylan Lewis Bott, Hanna Marie Bott, Nicholas Joseph Hegyesi, Kathleen Nicole Hegyesi and Tyler Jeffrey Hegyesi.

Visitation with family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Lloyd James Funeral Home.

Mattie Bott loved her ancestry and heritage. Her sons have researched the family tree and have found 15,820 of her blood relatives as of this date. She was very involved from an early age in the maintenance and fundraising for Sand Flat Cemetery where she has 100 blood relatives buried, plus her late husband.

Mattie was a gracious and loving Southern lady. She had a wonderful long life and will be missed by all of her many friends and relatives.

Memorials may be made to Sand Flat Cemetery Association, c/o Secretary-Treasurer, Teddy McDowell, 1630 CR313 West, Tyler, 75706-2812.

Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph from 6/15/2008 - 6/16/2008.

CORRECTION NOTES:

1. The following sentence was expanded: “She was an avid quilter for several church organizations and specialized in making quilts for babies born with AIDS with the ABC Quilters Guild.”

2. The actual birth date for Mattie Dock Bott nee Coulter was July 22, 1914. However, the Social Security Administration has the birth date as July 19, 1914. Therefore all legal documents, including the death certificate, must have July 19, 1914.

3. The following sentence: “Mattie lived in Tyler most of her life and moved to Houston to be near her sons for the past eight years.” This should have said six years and not eight years. Mattie Dock Coulter Bott entered Atria Assisted Living in Houston on January 20, 2002.

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