Betty Lou Jeffress
May 1, 1942 – June 8, 2024
Betty Lou Roberts Jeffress was born May 1, 1942 in Okaloosa, Louisiana to Oda Lee and Tressie Hobbs Roberts. She died in Ruston, Louisiana on June 8, 2024 at the age of 82. Betty is survived by her son Jonathan Walsworth, his wife Casey and granddaughter Shiloh of Downsville, Louisiana. She is also survived by her sister Sandra Roberts Williams and husband Jerry of Pineville, Louisiana; sisters-in-law LuWana Roberts of Rexburg, Idaho and Cascille Roberts of Decatur, Alabama, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents and seven siblings: Ruby Roberts McCall, Marshall Lee Roberts, Bobby Gene Roberts, Rev. Don Roberts, Dorothy Roberts Head, Joyce Roberts Curry, and Rev. Oda Wayne “Tuck” Roberts; and her husband Raymond “Doc” Jeffress of Jonesboro, Louisiana.
Betty was a lifelong educator and began her teaching career at Jonesboro Hodge High School after graduation from Northeast Louisiana University (ULM). She later taught at Downsville High School from which she retired after a teaching career of over thirty years. She continued to substitute teach after retirement and did so until her poor health did not allow it. She often said that she had been a teacher for “over fifty years.” For many years, she wrote a weekly article entitled “Musings and Meanderings” which appeared in the Jackson Independent Newspaper until the paper was sold.
Services will be held Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens in West Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the service to follow at 10:30 a.m. Conducting the service will be Rev. Stuart Sherman.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Walsworth, Ryan Epps, Michael Jones and Devin Winkler.
Rose Caskey Potts-Causey
October 4, 1942 – June 8, 2024
Rose Caskey Potts-Causey passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Forest Haven Nursing Home in Jonesboro. She was 81 years old. Rose loved to cook for her family and spend the holidays with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed reading, listening to music, and watching movies. Rose was a CNA at several nursing homes around the parish. As a CNA, and later as a patient at Forest Haven, Rose was loved and respected.
Born Sunday, October 4, 1942 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, she was preceded in death by her mother, Martha Clarice Toms; father, James Ollie Caskey; husband, Ray Potts; husband, Billy L. Causey; daughters, Angela D. Anderson; infant son, Kenneth R. Potts; infant daughter, Krystal D. Causey; granddaughters, Christina L. Womack and Bridget A. Anderson; and sister, Shirley Martin,
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Rose Mary Womack and Laura Lynn Potts; grandchildren, Brandi Womack, Dustan Tippen, Tommy Womack, Jr., Tyler Tippen (Taylor), Bre Anna Evans (Brian), J. W. Anderson; numerous great-grandchildren; special great-grandchildren, Bianca Rose Gray & R.J. Tippen; 3 nieces; 3 Nephews; sister, Betty Moody; brother-in-law, Paul Martin; and sister-in-law, Geraldine Causey.
Funeral services will be held at Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM with Bro. Jessie Henderson officiating.
A private family burial will follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery in Bienville Parish.
Serving the family as pallbearers will be Dustan Tippen, Tyler Tippen, Tommy Womack, Jr., David Huddleston and Matthew Huddleston.