Wilma Jean Cleveland

WILMA "JEAN" CLEVELAND OF SARASOTA/MELBOURNE FL WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 2014 AT THE AGE OF 69. SHE WAS A DEVOTED, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. SHE WAS RAISED IN HACKLEBURGH, AL. WHERE SHE MARRIED ROY CLEVELAND ON FEBRUARY 15, 1964. THEY LIVED IN ROCKFORD, IL FOR 13 YEARS. THEN MOVED TO SARASOTA, FL. SHE LIVED AND WORKED THERE AS A SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS FOR 27 YEARS. SHE RETIRED IN 2008 BECAUSE OF A LUNG DISEASE. SHE MOVED TO MELBOURNE, FL IN 2010, TO BE CLOSER TO HER SON JEFF, HIS WIFE HOLLY, AND HER TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS EMILY AND ELIZABETH. HER GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE HER PRIDE AND JOY. HER UNWAVERING CHRISTIAN FAITH AND SWEET DISPOSITION PROVIDED A TESTIMONY TO ALL THAT KNEW HER. JEAN IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 50 YEARS, ROY CLEVELAND; DAUGHTER, REGINA CLEVELAND; SON, JEFF CLEVELAND, HIS WIFE HOLLY, AND HER 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS EMILY AND ELIZABETH; HER TWO BROTHERS ERNIE (ANNIE) RAPIERE, AND DARYL (CAROL) YOUNG; BROTHER-IN-LAWS, MACK (LINDA) CLEVELAND AND PHIL CLEVELAND; SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND COUSINS. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK PASTOR DEBBIE AT HOPE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MELBOURNE AND PASTOR SHELBY WITH SARASOTA FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER FOR THEIR LOVING THOUGHTS, CARES AND PRAYERS. A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE WILL BE HELD IN MELBOURNE, FL, ON SAT. JUNE 21, 2014 at 1:00PM