Live Oak Cemetery
Lott, Falls Co., Texas
From Lott, take Hwy. 77 S about 1.5 miles then go west on county road about 2.5 miles and go south .5 miles to cemetery.
Year Erected:1982
The pioneer Falls County community of Live Oak began shortly after the Civil
War. Originally known as Camden and later as Rupee, the settlement was the site
of stores, a cotton gin, post office, doctors and a Masonic lodge. The Live Oak
Baptist Church was established in the early 1870s. A log cabin served as the
sanctuary and was also used as a schoolhouse. Land for the church, school and
this community cemetery was donated by brothers George and E. R. Hodges, sons of
pioneer area settler Homer Hodges. The earliest marked graves in the burial
ground date from 1877 and are inscribed with the names Ida May and Mary T. Other
graves here include those of E. R. Hodges (1840 - 1905) and members of his
family; Pinkney Pulaski Hodges (1813 - 1895) and his descendants; prominent
community leaders J. J. Hodges (d. 1918) and his son Bradley (d. 1961); and
members of the pioneer Vinson and Jordan families. Live Oak began to decline in
the 1890s when the area was bypassed by rail lines. The Baptist Church closed
and the school was consolidated with the Lott district. Only the pioneer Live
Oak Cemetery remains to mark the site of the early agricultural settlement.