Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Doris Haw Calcote will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at First Baptist Church Bunkie with Reverend Michael McIntosh and Reverend Mark Robinson officiating. Interment will be at Morrow Baptist Church Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Mrs. Calcote, a dedicated educator and Christian steward, died suddenly Sunday evening at Rapides Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Calcote was preceded in death by her loving husband of 61 years, Foster Albert Calcote, Jr.; her father, Benjamin Stoddard Haw; her mother, Maggie Mae Morrow Haw and her brother, Larry Stoddard Haw, Sr.

Survivors include her daughters, Jan Calcote Wolff and Fay Calcote Hall; her sons-in-law, Charles Rand Wolff and Kenneth Wayne Hall. Grammy's four adored granddaughters, Courtney Fay Wolff, Cammi Wolff Powell (Chase), Emily Hall Rousseau (Drew), and Kelsi Hall Lambert (Darren) and her "special" grandson, Billy Tom Wolff (Rachel).

During this year Grammy was fortunate to be blessed with three precious great-grandchildren, Blair Elise Powell, Harrison James Rousseau and Peyton Lilah Lambert. She is also survived by a sister-in-law Marline Calcote Toler.

Mrs. Calcote was a graduate of Morrow High School, SLI Lafayette and Louisiana College. She furthered her education with a Masters plus 30. Mrs. Calcote taught kindergarten for 28 years and had a passion for volunteering in children's ministries at her church. She truly loved the Lord and First Baptist Church Bunkie and went above and beyond to serve with a Christlike attitude in various capacities. She was initiated into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International and a member of Louisiana's Beta XI Chapter.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Bunkie, LA.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mrs. Calcote's memory to: First Baptist Church Bunkie, 203 S. Lexington, Bunkie, LA 71322; Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 Desiard St., Monroe, LA 71203; or St. Jude's Children's Research HOspital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101

Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com