Iva Pearl Travis Calcote
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Services for Iva Pearl Travis Calcote, of McCall Creek, are 10a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at Bethel United Methodist Church with burialin the church cemetery.
Visitation is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at Harrigill FuneralHome.
Mrs. Calcote, 74, died Jan. 3, 2006, at St. Mary’s Hospital,Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She was born on Dec. 12, 1931, toCade Monroe Travis and Wessie Smith Travis.
She was a homemaker. She was an active member of Bethel UnitedMethodist church, where she has served as Adult and Children’sSunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, past presidentof the United Methodist Women, member of the Pastor ParishRelations committee and Vacation Bible school hostess.
She served as president of the Franklin County Homemakers Club;member of the I.L.R. at Copiah-Lincoln Community College; assistedin organizing and participating in the homecoming preparations forthe McCall Creek Class Reunion and the Quentin Reunion. She retiredfrom Movie Star in Bude after 17 years of employment. She was alsoan active supporter of the Franklin County Museum
Preceding her in death were her parents.
Survivors are her husband of 58 years, Frank Seguer Calcote, ofMcCall Creek; her sons, Chris Calcote and his wife, Joyce, ofPerkinston, and Bruce Calcote and his wife Rhonda, of Hattiesburg;her daughters, Rita Long and her husband, Stan, of Bogue Chitto,and Janet Carlock and her husband, Ray, of McCall Creek; herbrother, Cade M. Travis Jr., of Picayune; her sister, MargaretteTravis Newsom, of Brookhaven; eight grandchildren, Tatia Kiser,Natalie Long, Stanci Long, Brent Calcote, Kane Calcote, JaceCarlock and Quin Carlock; and two great-grandchildren, Jack Kiserand Caroline Kiser. She will be sadly missed by her many nieces,nephews, family and friends.