Cleo Catherine Leavelle, 90, of Mannsville, Oklahoma passed away
on January 3, 2023, at her home in Mannsville. She was born on
March 19, 1932, at the family home in Comanche, Oklahoma to the
late Andrew Cavitt and Bessie E. Lee McFarland Durling. Cleo
grew up and attended school in Comanche. She married Joyal Dee
(J.D.) Leavelle on October 24, 1947, in Henrietta, Texas. Cleo
was a homemaker and excellent seamstress and was a perfectionist
in every sense of the word. She faithfully supported JD’s
ministry to small churches wherever the Lord directed their
path.
Cleo is survived by daughters: Karen Jo Chandler and husband J
D, Mannsville, Oklahoma; Debbie Barnes and husband Weldon,
Mannsville, Oklahoma; Roxie Oliver and husband John, Mt.
Sterling, Illinois. Grandchildren: Desira Savage and husband
Steven, Madill, Oklahoma; Leland Barnes, Mannsville, Oklahoma;
Nathan Barnes, Mannsville, Oklahoma; Justin Oliver and wife
Anne, Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Great Grandchildren: Jacob, Joyal,
and Josey Savage, Rylee and Dillard Barnes, Josue Barnes, and
Ethan, Mitchell, and Emersyn Oliver. Step Grandchildren: Morgan
Vann, Velvet Haisley, Kelly Hensley, and Jimy Hinton.
Cleo was preceded in death by her husband, son Ronald Lynn
Leavelle, parents, mother and father-in-law, Earl and Myrtie
Leavelle, brothers Delbert Durling, Andrew Cavitt Jr. Durling,
and Jessie Wilburn Durling; and sister Eloise Josephine,
grandson Joel Ryan Oliver, and brother-in-law Doyle Roberts and
sister-in-law Earlene Roberts Lovejoy.
Casket Bearers: Desira Savage, Leland Barnes, Nathan Barnes,
Justin Oliver, Dillard Barnes, Rylee Barnes, Jacob Savage, Joyal
Savage, Josey Savage, Josue Barnes, Emersyn Oliver, Ethan
Oliver, Mitchell Oliver
Memorials may be made to the Lone Cedar Cemetery, 10500 South
Greasy Bend Lane, Mannsville, Oklahoma 73447
