{"id":14703,"date":"2026-05-12T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=14703"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:43:02","slug":"mccaleb-sheila-kay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/mccaleb-sheila-kay\/","title":{"rendered":"McCaleb, Sheila Kay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary__text\">\n<div class=\"obituary edit-container\">\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sheila Kay McCaleb, age 71, passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of love, dedication, and devotion to her family. She was born on November 19, 1954, in Dickson, Tennessee, to Charles and Wilma Fielder Ragsdale, who preceded her in death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sheila spent most of her life in Hickman County, Tennessee, where she built a life centered on hard work and family. She was employed as a machine operator at the Levi plant in Centerville for many years. After the plant\u2019s closure and the birth of her son, she devoted herself to being a homemaker. In her later years, she worked in the cafeteria of the local school system, where she was known for her kindness and warm spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">She is survived by her loving husband, Charles Ray McCaleb; her son, Derek McCaleb; her sisters, Fay (Tony) Sanders and Joy (Jasper) Rochelle; her brothers, Ray (Nikita) Ragsdale and Donny (Debbie) Ragsdale; and her cherished grandchildren, Emerlee and Weston McCaleb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Above all else, Sheila\u2019s greatest joy in life was her family. She especially treasured her grandchildren, whom she loved deeply and delighted in\u2014often spoiling them whenever she could. Her love, strength, and gentle presence will be deeply missed by all who knew her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Her memory will live on in the hearts of her family and friends.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Visitation with the family will be 17 April 2026 from 12:30 &#8211; 2:30 PM at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Hickman Co with Graveside Services to follow at 3:00 PM at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Centerville, TN.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheila Kay McCaleb, age 71, passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of love, dedication, and devotion to her family. She was born on November 19, 1954, in Dickson, Tennessee, to Charles and Wilma Fielder Ragsdale, who preceded her in death. Sheila spent most of her life in Hickman County, Tennessee, where she built a life centered on hard work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/mccaleb-sheila-kay\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[207,1414,799,151,175],"class_list":["post-14703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-fielder","tag-mccaleb","tag-ragsdale","tag-rochelle","tag-sanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}