Lee Etta Causey, beloved mother and "granny" and great-mother and sister passed away early Sunday morning, February 7, 2021, in the home of her son and daughter-in-law from congestive heart failure.  Born August 19, 1922, Mrs. Lee Etta would have been 99 years-old later this year.

Mrs. Lee Etta is survived by her son Jerry and his wife Mitzi of Hayesville, North Carolina, and a daughter, Teresa Crum and her husband Lyle of Cumming, Georgia, and grandchildren Benjamin (Charlotte, Athens GA), Cheri (Austin TX), Matthew (Brianna, McComb), Zachary (Emily, Ridgeland), Andrew (Carlee, Hattiesburg) and Jacob Causey (McComb), and Scott Walley (Amy, Lewisville TX) and Mitchell (Maggie, Atlanta GA) and Eric Crum (Cumming), and three great-grandchildren Henry and Holden (Matthew & Brianna) and Elliot Causey (Benjamin & Charlotte).  Daughter to Ras and Zella Walley (Jones County), Mrs. Lee Etta survived five of her siblings (Bea, Ethel, Nelson, Edgar, and Joe), with sisters Dot (Columbia MS) and Wilma (Silver Springs MD) as her sibling survivors.  Mrs. Lee Etta has many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Causey taught school briefly in the late 1940's and early 1950's in Lucedale and Gloster and Magnolia.  Upon marrying Clarence Scott Causey in November 1950, Mrs. Causey devoted her efforts to homemaking and caring for her husband and her son and daughter.  Mrs. Lee Etta, as she was affectionately known by many, was indeed a sweetheart to family and friends alike.

Mrs. Lee Etta was a long-time member of East McComb/New Heights Church, Summit, a frequent visitor of Mt. Vernon Baptist in Amite County and later Truett Memorial First Baptist Church of Hayesville, North Carolina.  She loved the Lord and His church and these three churches that particularly meant so much to her in her later years of life.

Mrs. Lee Etta Causey will be laid to rest next to her husband, Clarence, in Reeves Cemetery east of McComb, after a Celebration of Life service on Friday, February 12 at 11 o'clock at Sharkey Funeral Home in Summit, MS, with the Reverend Rick E. Kennedy officiating.  The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to the Baptist Children's Village (PO Box 27; Clinton MS 39060, or through any Southern Baptist Church).

The grandchildren will serve as honorary and several as actual pallbearers.