In 1934, Little and Ware opened a funeral home in Forest, Mississippi servicing the Scott County area. Ollie Ott and Hugh Lee purchased the funeral home in 1942. Ott & Lee has three locations to serve the counties of Scott, Smith, Rankin, Hinds, Simpson, and other areas in central Mississippi. In 2016, longtime employee Hugh Strebeck became an owner of Ott & Lee and continues to oversee the day-to-day operations of the business.