Kenneth Richard Calcote

Services for Mr. Kenneth Richard Calcote are Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 11:00 am at Riverwood Family Funeral Service. Visitation will be Friday, June 1, 2018 from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm. Interment will be at Calcote Cemetery.

Kenneth Richard Calcote, 41, of Starkville, MS passed away from this life on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at his residence in Starkville, MS. He was born on August 18, 1976 in McComb, MS to Dennis and Brenda Calcote. Kenneth graduated from Franklin High School in Meadville, MS in 1994. He received an Associate's Degree from Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS and a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. Kenneth was employed with the State of Mississippi Department of Agriculture and commerce Bureau of Plant Industry for 19 years. He was the Division Director, Plant Pest Divison. Kenneth was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Brookhaven, MS.

Kenneth is preceded in death by his father, William Dennis Calcote; grandfathers, William Richard Calcote and Clyde Jones, Sr.; grandmother, Mildred Jones; grandfather, Russell Stubbs; niece, Layla Grace Calcote; and uncle, Roy Smith.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother, Brenda Jones Calcote of Brookhaven; brothers, William Paul Calcote and wife Angie of Brookhaven, MS, Daniel Robert Calcote of Wiggins, MS; grandmother, Mary Stubbs of McComb, MS; aunts and uncles, Douglas Calcote and wife Becky of Brookhaven, Lucille Smith of Natchez, Christine Perry and husband Lester of West Lincoln, Clyde Jones, Jr. and wife Ann of Brookhaven. He is also survived by 2 nephews, Waylon and Austin, as well as numerous cousins, family, and friends.

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