Mary (Burns) Cleveland

Mary Burns Cleveland, 73, of 91 Harleyville Rd, was born on July 21, 1946 and peacefully departed this life to be with Jesus on January 19, 2020.

    Mary was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a member at Tabernacle Baptist Church.

    She was preceded in death by her son, Jimmy Daniel Cleveland; a granddaughter, Rhonda Hope Cleveland;  a daughter, Hope Lowery; her parents, Rev. Rufus and Avie Burns; seven brothers, Rev. O.J. Burns, Rev. Billy Burns, Rufus (Goodson) Burns, Ernest (Sam) Burns, Grant Burns, Rev. Joseph Burns and Rev. Bobby Burns and one sister, Maggie Burns Oxendine.

    Mary is survived by her husband of 52 years, James Patrick Cleveland of the home; two sons, Claudie (Pamela) Lowery of Rowland and Patrick Shane (Joann) Cleveland of Red Springs; three daughters, Tina (Carl) Oxendine of Spartanburg, SC, Tasha Hope Cleveland of the home and Mary Beth Cleveland of Rowland; nine grandchildren, Claudie Jr., Labrisha, Chris, Austin, Taylor, Dakota, Nick, Darrick and Jazmine; five great grandchildren, Jimmy, Daniel, Jameson, Darrica and Nevaeh; three brothers, Delton Burns, Sanford (Teat) Burns, Grant Oxendine; two sisters, Betty Kilroy and Lillian McKenzie and a host of relatives and friends. 

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