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