Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
10:12 am Monday, July 13, 2015

Audry Louise Cleveland

Audry Louise Cleveland

July 10, 2015

Audry Louise Cleveland, 87, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015 at Southern Magnolia Estates, Golden, Miss. She was born in Alabama to Buck and Omie Massey. She was a member of Red Bay Free Will Baptist Church.

Services were Sunday, July 12, at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay. Bro. Steve Lindsay and Bro. Roger Wood officiated. Burial was in Red Bay City Cemetery, Red Bay.

Survivors are one daughter, Joyce Orrick; one son, Johnny Cleveland and wife, Martha Cleveland; grandchildren, Michelle Ray and husband, Dr. Stephen Ray, Ginger Esslinger and husband, Jason, Chase Cleveland and Jesse Lovett; great-grandchildren, Jonathon Strickland, Braden Ray, Addison Esslinger and Ethan Lovett;  one brother, Haskiel Massey; one sister, Imogene Mitchell and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Eunice “Bear” Cleveland, a son-in-law, W.C. Orrick, her parents, two brothers, Numan Massey and Troy Massey and one sister, Bertha Lindsey.

Pallbearers were Phillip Cooper, Chase Cleveland, Stephen Ray, Jason Esslinger, Braden Ray and Drent Robbins.

Visitation was Sunday, July 12, at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay.

 

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