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Rev. Dr. Weyman Reives Cleveland

Weyman Cleveland Obituary

Rev. Dr. Weyman Reives Cleveland - THOMASVILLE - Services for Rev. Dr. Weyman Reives Cleveland, 87, will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Thomasville. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. in Camilla. The Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. Dr. Cleveland died July 11 in Savannah after a short illness. Born May 23, 1922 in Camilla, he was the son of the late Paul Reives and Russell Lasseter Cleveland. On June 20, 1945 in Climax, Ga., he married Christine Trulock Cleveland who preceded him in death on June 15, 2001. Dr. Cleveland was a retired United Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference. He was a graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a member of the Rotary Club and was a Will Watt Fellow. He was the first director of South Georgia Conference United Methodist Church Foundation and was also chairman of the Board of Pensions for the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He served Methodist Churches in Faceville, Savannah Beach, Folkston, Eastman, Thomasville, Columbus, Savannah and Moultrie. Survivors include children: Chris Salter of Newnan GA, Mary Corbitt (Walter) of Montgomery, AL, Peggy Whitley of Salisbury, NC, and Paul Reives Cleveland (Judy) of Savannah; grandchildren, Wayne Salter (Ashley), Stephanie Cook (Geoff), Melanie Ikerman (Shane), Abby Hedgecock (Jeff), Rebecca Tucker (Artie), Laura Cleveland and Christina Glendye (Trey). He is also survived by 7 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Millard C. Cleveland. Memorial contributions may be made to Thomasville's First United Methodist Church, 425 N. Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga. 31792; Hospice of Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, Ga. 31416-0190 or to Thomasville's First United Methodist Church for the Christine T. Cleveland Fund; 425 N. Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga. 31792. Visitors may sign the online guest register at www.allenfh.com . Allen & Allen Funeral Home, Thomasville, GA 229-226-6331 Savannah Morning News July 14, 2009 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannahnow.com/obituaries .

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Published by Savannah Morning News on Jul. 14, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for Weyman Cleveland

16 Entries

Jackie Parr Verner

July 20, 2009

What a blessing to have known Weyman when I was a young member at Wesley in Savannah! I thank God for his leadership, smile, and deep love for his Lord and his church family at such an important time of spiritual growth for me. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you in his immediate, extended, and church families.

Chuck Coursey

July 18, 2009

My deepest sympathy on the loss of someone so special - dad, granddad, father in law... that private part of a public man that only family knows. You have always shared him with so many others. We can only share a small portion of your grief but know that you are in our prayers.

Holt Darden

July 17, 2009

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

SOMEONE WHO CARES IN AMERICUS,GA

July 17, 2009

WE REFLECT ON WHAT HAS BEEN LOST AND COMFORT THOSE ENDURING A PROFOUND GRIEF.AND SOMEHOW WE KNOW THAT A BRIGHTER MORNING WILL COME.(PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH)......YOUR LOVED ONE,WEYMAN, WILL BE WITH YOU IN YOUR HEART AND MEMORIES FOREVER.

Today and always,may loving memories bring you

July 17, 2009

In My Pocket

I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.

My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.

They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.

Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.

But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.

Joyce Westbrook

July 16, 2009

Dear Cleveland family, My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time. Rev. Cleveland touched many lives, mine being one of them. I count myself truly blessed to have had the honor of knowing him and his family. May God bless and keep you all. Sincerely, Joyce Taylor Westbrook

Robert McDaniel

July 14, 2009

My deepest sympathies are extended to the Cleveland Family. Dr. Cleveland was my first District Superintendent and he always offered me words of kindness and encouragement. Hamlet's words were true of him, "He was a man, take him all in all. We shall not see his likes again."
Rob McDaniel

Patty Hahn

July 14, 2009

What wonderful memories I have of your Dad's ministry at Wesley! Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Love,
Patty, Pat, Julie, and Kelly Hahn

Jimmy and Sandra Pennell

July 14, 2009

We express gratitude to God for the life and ministry of Weyman Cleveland. We express our love and sympathy to all of the family.

Margie Barden

July 14, 2009

Dear Cleveland Family,
My thoughts are with you. God bless you all. Margie Hendrix Barden, Thomasville resident and daughter of the late Reverend James Hendrix.

Jim Trice

July 14, 2009

Weyman and Christine were special to us. We have so many wonderful memories of both of them. It was a privilege to be in ministry with them in the South Georgia Conference. Weyman mentored so many of us "preachers' in South Georgia. We thank God for his life and ministry to so many of us. Jim and Mavis Trice (Lake
Junaluska, N.C.

Tab Smith

July 14, 2009

What a wonderful life, lived on "the high road." My prayers are with the Cleveland family members at this time. Bro. Weyman's joy at present is beyond our imagination! In Christ's name, Tab Smith

Napier Murphy

July 14, 2009

I have very fond memories of Reverend Cleveland at First Methodist in Thomasville. He signed my Bible when I was a child. I last saw Reverend Cleveland when he performed the wedding ceremony of my mother, Vi Murphy, and Frank Neel at our home in Thomasville on June 4, 1994 (her 79th birthday). He was always gracious, kind and joyful.

Carolyn & Neal Smith

July 14, 2009

Our prayers are with the family. Weyman performed our wedding in 1966 and we have always remembered his words, " the wedding knots that I tie can never be untied". Carolyn and I are working on 43 years of a Weyman Cleveland marriage ceremony.
Carolyn & Neal Smith

Gayle Flournoy-Berry

July 14, 2009

So sorry to hear about Rev. Cleveland's death. He married me in 1965 at St. Luke Meth. church. He was a dear man and I will miss him.

Gayle Flournoy-Berry

Charles & Tori Skinner

July 14, 2009

Dear Paul, Peggy & Families,
I was saddened to read of your father's obituary. May God bless you & keep you in His loving wings and give you peace that passes all understanding as you say good-bye to your Dad. Always remember what Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Phil. 1:21

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