Dorothy Jean "Dot" McCaleb, 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 12, 2025, passing away at the North Mississippi Nursing and Rehab Center in Pontotoc, MS. She was born November 21, 1929, in Hamilton, MS. to Willard and Lida Vines Leverett. She enjoyed taking care of children and was a home maker. After raising four children of her own, she, later in life, went to work for a daycare where she had many more children she lovingly cared for.

Services will be private. Burial will be in the Keyes Cemetery. McNeece-Morris Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Bennett (Gerald) of Fulton and Debra Wilemon (Dan) of Springdale, Arkansas; one son, Mickey McCaleb (Kristie)of Boise, Idaho; Six grandchildren; one great –grandson; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly.

She was preceded in death by one son, Perry Thomas McCaleb; one grandson, Josh McCaleb; her siblings, Earl Leverett, Elaine Chandler, Elizabeth Moore, and Merle Leverett; and her parents.

Memorials, at Dot's request, may be made to St Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.