Ms. Jean Rose Caves, 89, of Jayess, Mississippi passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at her residence in Jayess.

A visitation will be held on Friday, February 25, 2022 from 5 until 9:00 PM with funeral services taking place on Saturday, February 26, at 2:00 PM; all to take place at Powells Grove Church in Jayess, Mississippi. Graveside services will follow in the Powells Grove Pentecostal Church Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Jean Rose Caves was many things to all of us. She was Mama, Grandmaw, Great Grandmaw, Sister, Aunt and friend. She was "Everyone's Grandmaw" to her grandchildren and step-grandchildren and their friends, to her great-grandchildren and their friends and to all the children of Powells Grove Church.

She loved God and attended church faithfully until the last few weeks of her life when she was too weak to go. She loved her Pastor and his wife, Bro. Ronnie and Sis. Marian Turner dearly. She loved people generously and unconditionally. She was no respecter of persons, believing that all were worthy of respect and kindness. If you entered her circle of family and friends, you were loved.

She passed down to us all the love of God and going to church. She would travel many miles to attend conferences and camp meeting, often taking grandchildren with her and their grandpa. She showed the faithfulness of living for God, and passed down the talent of singing and playing music in church. Any type of gathering for holidays or birthdays was a good time for music and singing.

She loved pretty clothes and fancy shoes. When a beloved niece would come for a visit, they would often swap clothes and shoes because the niece loved pretty clothes and fancy shoes too!
She loved traveling and did… from one side of the country to the other - from Canada to Florida, from Oregon to Mexico. She loved to travel the backroads to see the hidden places of beauty.

Jean Rose was born in Leland, Mississippi on September 4, 1932 to Gary C. Waldrop and Rhoda "Willie" Russell Waldrop. She was the middle child of nine children, and was raised in the East Lincoln community and graduated from East Lincoln School. She picked cotton and milked cows; she had many jobs, being a good waitress, a school bus driver, worked in big farms in California, babysat, and helped run a paper route.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husbands; Ernest Prentiss Wedgeworth and Cecil Caves, Jr.; her brother-in-law, Jerry Doerner; and son-in-law, Bennie Hall, Jr. She was also preceded by siblings; two brothers and their wives; James Russell Waldrop, Sr. and his wife Geneva, and Roger Dale Waldrop and Lanell; three sisters and their husbands; Ouida and Jack Lee, Maiblume and Clell Hall, and Flora Nell and Lloyd Thompson.

Jean Rose is survived by one daughter, Deborah Ann Hall of Jayess, MS, and by five grandchildren n; Ernie Milum and wife Kristy, Sylvia Thornhill and husband Wayne, Stephen Hall and his wife Leigh, Joy Hall - all of Jayess - and Sandy Naquin and her husband A.J. of Ruth, MS. She also leaves behind 15 great-grandchildren; Brandi Thornhill, Lance Milum and wife Ashlee, Levi Milum, Laklin Milum, Tanner Thornhill, Gabie Thornhill, Gracie Thornhill, Brently Hall, Lila Pate, Bradley Hall, Canaa Pate, Clark Naquin, Molly Naquin, Judah Naquin, and Britain Hall. She also leaves behind extended family; Michael Wiklund, Pat Wiklund, Jerry Hall, Shanne Cupstid, Jacky Hall and their families.

She is also survived by one brother, Durwood Waldrop and his wife Thelma of Monroe Louisiana; two sisters; Joyce Doerner of Morgantown, MS; and Loyce McCloud and her husband Buddy of East Lincoln, MS community. She also leaves behind a host of nieces and nephews whom she was proud of and loved.