Dorothy Duncan Jones Walcott, 77, passed away on Wednesday, March 3 ^rd , 2021 with family at Indywood Glen in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 13 ^th , 2021 at 2:00 o'clock p.m. at St. John's United Methodist Church in Greenwood, with no formal visitation due to Covid concerns and live-streaming of the service on St. John's Facebook page.  Interment will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Inverness, Mississippi at 4:00 o'clock p.m.  Reverend Billy Ray Stonestreet and Reverend Scott Wright will officiate.

Dorothy Duncan was born in Greenwood to Walter Robert and Dorothy Riddell Jones and grew up in Inverness, Mississippi.  She graduated from Inverness High School, attended Mary Baldwin College, and graduated from the University of Mississippi.  She taught high school biology at Pillow Academy for ten years.  She was an active member of St. John's United Methodist Church for over fifty years, serving on several leadership committees, and singing in the church choir each week.  Dorothy Duncan was active in many community organizations including the Junior Auxiliary, the Greenwood Garden Club, the Chakehiuma Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the American Cancer Society.  She enjoyed traveling with her husband and their wonderful friends.  She loved art, biology, and teaching.  DD cherished her time with her family and her students, and she spent countless hours at ball games, tennis matches, band competitions and other events encouraging her children and students.  She had a special talent for teaching young people and valued that part of her life greatly.

Dorothy Duncan was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Walter Robert Jones, Jr. of Jackson, Mississippi.  She is survived by her husband of fifty five years, George Dexter Walcott; three children, George Dexter Walcott, Jr. (Jamie) of Montgomery, Alabama, Walter Myles Walcott of Birmingham, Alabama, and Riddell Walcott Scott (Ben) of Minneapolis, Minnesota; six grandchildren, Hayden Walcott of Chicago, Illinois, Shelby Walcott of Birmingham, Alabama, Katherine Walcott of Cleveland, Ohio, Maggie Scott of Memphis, Tennessee, Grace Scott of Jacksonville, Florida, and Duncan Scott of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and her brother, Christopher Jones of Birmingham, Alabama.

Pallbearers will be Duncan Scott, Robert Jones, Andrew Jones, Jeremy Jones, Clay Jones, Christopher Jones, Jr., Zack Jones, Kenneth Walcott III, and Thomas Mullins.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Fred Jones Poindexter, Walter Pillow, Jr., Bruce Parham, Noel Morgan, Floyd Melton, Jr., and Tom R. Pitts.

The family would like to thank the staff of Indywood Glen and Halcyon Hospice for their comforting care.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org or to your favorite charity.

Wilson and Knight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  An online guest-book may be signed at www.wilsonandknight.com