Visitation will be held from 11:00am until 12:00pm on Friday, September 29, 2023 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. The funeral service will follow at 12:00pm that same day in the funeral home chapel. A graveside service will be held at 2:00pm afterwards that same day at the Lakewood Memorial Park Pavilion on Clinton Boulevard in Jackson.
She was born on December 28, 1933 to William Franklin Jones and Eula Virginia Ables Jones in Goodman, Mississippi. Bernice worked for decades at Packard Electric in Clinton. A survivor of breast cancer, she was the backbone of the family. Bernice helped raise grandkids, great-grandkids, and constantly had the children of the family over at her house. In addition, she was seldom found without her canine companion of the time - most notably, her dog, Taco, whose ashes will accompany her to her final resting place.
Preceding her in death are her parents, William Franklin Jones and Eula Virginia Albes Jones; her children, Ernest, Joyce and William "Chester"; two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Bernice is survived by her daughters, Jean McNamee (Joe) and Jimmie Sue King; sister, Bessie "Mott" Cauthen; brothers, Walter "Beatty" Jones, Billy Joe Jones (Brenda), and Lonnie "Pat" Jones (Karen); 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of beloved extended family members and friends.
She will be so dearly missed.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.baldwinleepearl.com for the Cauthen McCully family.
