F.A. CALCOTE, JR.

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mr. Foster Albert Calcote, Jr. will be held at 11:00a.m., Saturday, December 18, 2010 at First Baptist Church, Bunkie with Dr. LaMon Brown and Dr. Donald Hall officiating. Interment will be at Morrow Baptist Cemetery under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.
Pallbearers honored to serve will be Larry Haw, Thomas Land, David Toler, Gregory Wallace, Mark Wallace and Tom Wolff. Honorary pallbearers will be his deacon friends.
Mr. Calcote, a prominent Central Louisiana educator and farmer-rancher died peacefully at his home on Shirley Road, Bunkie Thursday afternoon after a courageous battle with colon cancer, surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Calcote was preceded in death by his father, Foster Calcote, Sr. and his mother, Ada Sadler Calcote, his sisters, Maxine Calcote and Verna Calcote Wallace.
Survivors include his loving wife of sixty-one years, Doris Haw Calcote, his daughters, Jan Calcote Wolff and Fay Calcote Hall, his sons-in-law, Charles Rand Wolff and Kenneth Wayne Hall, and Poppa's four adored granddaughters Courtney Fay Wolff, Cammi Rand Wolff, Emily Blaise Hall and Kelsi Lea Hall.
Mr. Calcote was a graduate of SLI Lafayette and LSU Baton Rouge. After graduating from college he went to work for LSU and helped to establish some of the first artificial units of dairy cattle in the state of Louisiana. Mr. Calcote then went into public education becoming a teacher, assistant principal then principal. During this time he owned Calcote Insurance Agency representing the Hartford and Travelers Insurance Companies. Retiring after thirty-three year in education, Mr. Calcote became a farmer and rancher. Raising quarter horses and corriente cattle was one of his favorite enterprises.
Mr. Calcote was an avid outdoorsman and hunter. He was the owner of CenLA Kennels where he raised and trained more than one National Field Trial Champion hound. He shipped dogs all over the world with many going to Trinidad. One of Mr. Calcote's proudest moments was when he was invited to give the Invocation at a National Field Trial Banquet. By special invitation, Mr. Calcote and his bird dogs often bird hunted on the King's Ranch in Texas. Mr. Calcote a licenses auctioneer enjoyed auctioneering for the local Ducks Unlimited banquets. Most of all, Mr. Calcote loved riding horseback with his pack of hounds while deer hunting.
Mr. Calcote a dedicated Christian showed his commitment to his God by the way he lived. He was a deacon at First Baptist Bunkie and a faithful choir member for over fifty years. He was also church treasurer, taught Sunday school and was chairman of the Insurance Committee for many years. One of his strong beliefs was "you can't out give God".
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to the Music Ministry of First Baptist Church Bunkie or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.