The third of six surviving children of Walter Thomas Wherry and his wife, the former Laura Wellington Childress. Her father operated a general store and boarding house and served as postmaster. He became a successful independent oil operator at Spindletop and other fields of southeast Texas and moved his family a few miles north into Beaumont. Lottie graduated from South Park High School, South Park Junior College (which became Lamar University), and Chenier Business College in Beaumont, and attended Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos.
Until retiring in 2003 at the age of 90, Lottie worked at home as bookkeeper and office manager for family business interests in commercial real estate, farming, timber, and oil and gas in Gregg and Reeves Counties. She was a member of the Shakespeare Club, the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (serving as local regent and at the state level), the Longview Study Club, and the Longview Garden Club. An avid historian and genealogist, Lottie was the chief compiler of two books on her husband's McWhorter and Henderson ancestry. She also compiled a book on her Childress ancestry. Among many other duties in which she served enthusiastically at First Presbyterian Church, she was historian for many years.
Until retiring in 2003 at the age of 90, Lottie worked at home as bookkeeper and office manager for family business interests in commercial real estate, farming, timber, and oil and gas in Gregg and Reeves Counties. She was a member of the Shakespeare Club, the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (serving as local regent and at the state level), the Longview Study Club, and the Longview Garden Club. An avid historian and genealogist, Lottie was the chief compiler of two books on her husband's McWhorter and Henderson ancestry. She also compiled a book on her Childress ancestry. Among many other duties in which she served enthusiastically at First Presbyterian Church, she was historian for many years.
The third of six surviving children of Walter Thomas Wherry and his wife, the former Laura Wellington Childress. Her father operated a general store and boarding house and served as postmaster. He became a successful independent oil operator at Spindletop and other fields of southeast Texas and moved his family a few miles north into Beaumont. Lottie graduated from South Park High School, South Park Junior College (which became Lamar University), and Chenier Business College in Beaumont, and attended Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos.
Until retiring in 2003 at the age of 90, Lottie worked at home as bookkeeper and office manager for family business interests in commercial real estate, farming, timber, and oil and gas in Gregg and Reeves Counties. She was a member of the Shakespeare Club, the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (serving as local regent and at the state level), the Longview Study Club, and the Longview Garden Club. An avid historian and genealogist, Lottie was the chief compiler of two books on her husband's McWhorter and Henderson ancestry. She also compiled a book on her Childress ancestry. Among many other duties in which she served enthusiastically at First Presbyterian Church, she was historian for many years.
Until retiring in 2003 at the age of 90, Lottie worked at home as bookkeeper and office manager for family business interests in commercial real estate, farming, timber, and oil and gas in Gregg and Reeves Counties. She was a member of the Shakespeare Club, the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (serving as local regent and at the state level), the Longview Study Club, and the Longview Garden Club. An avid historian and genealogist, Lottie was the chief compiler of two books on her husband's McWhorter and Henderson ancestry. She also compiled a book on her Childress ancestry. Among many other duties in which she served enthusiastically at First Presbyterian Church, she was historian for many years.
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