TUPELO - Dorothy Alice Caygle closed her eyes to this earth on Saturday, March 12, 2011, and opened her eyes to heaven, meeting her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ along with the love of her earthly life, her husband, William Dewey Caygle; her parents, Dew and Delphi Davis; her brothers, J.B. Davis, Charles Davis and Bill Davis; and her sisters, Faye Wallace and Mae Nell Waddle. She spent her formative years in Itawamba County where she was born on December 5, 1927. She married in 1946 and moved to Auburn Community. She was a member of Crossroads Christian Church, and she spent most of her adult life loving and caring for children of all ages. She enjoyed her riding lawn mowers. She loved her flower and vegetable gardens. She was an avid seamstress and enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune, The Price Is Right and doing word puzzles.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jim Wismer officiating. Craig Caygle will deliver a eulogy. Burial will be in Crossroads Cemetery. Lee Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include two sons, William Stephen Caygle and Samuel Craig (Gail) Caygle, both of Tupelo; one daughter, Sharron (Jeffrey) Young of Tupelo; one sister, Sue Walton of Magnolia Manor; one brother, Ralph (Peggy) Davis of Moss Point; three granddaughters, Misty (Brian) Rigby of Tupelo, Breanna Caygle of Tupelo and Bridgett (Bobby) Frith of Shreveport, La.; two grandsons, William Corey Caygle of Pontotoc and Christian Stephen Caygle of Tupelo; and four great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Barry Bradley, Doyle Bradley, Phil Bradley, Christian Caygle, Bryan Reed, Brent Reed and Jeffrey Young.

Honorary pallbearers will be Corey Caygle, Kevin Donald, Devin Dutka and Roy McCollum.

Memorials may be made to Crossroads Cemetery.

Thank you to Dr. D. Ricky Parker for much selfless sacrifice in going above and beyond the call of duty in taking care of Mrs. Caygle, to the staff of Community Hospice in Verona for loving attention and service where she spent her last days and to Barbara Dugger for help and support in our time of need.

Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time today at the funeral home.