Cleva B. Middleton, 92, formerly of Nixa passed away Monday morning, February 18, 2019.
She was born on November 13, 1926 in Clever, the daughter of Claude C. and Bessie E. (Jones) Compton. She married Leo Middleton on May 6, 1946. He preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
Surviving are: two sons, Robert Leo (Julie) Middleton, and Jim (Ronda) Middleton; three daughters, Katherine (John M.) Davis, Janice (Terry) Kendrick, and Marlene (Gianni Donati) Middleton; twelve grandchildren, John C. (Traci) Davis, Kelly (Darren) Garrison, Lisa (Bill) Odom, Rob (Tom, deceased) Middleton, Jessie (Penny) Middleton, Emily (Hank) Swank, Dan (Brittni) Kendrick, Jamie (Chris) Campagnola, Jason (Alexandra) Edwards, Aaron (Kellie) Larson, James Middleton, and Jared Middleton; twenty-seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Willie Compton.
Cleva and Leo resided on a farm in and around Jamesville, Missouri. Cleva would haul water in metal milk cans from her in\-laws well. She started her day in the milk barn with Leo and through out the day tending the garden, the pigs and chickens.
She worked as head cook for the Nixa School District for twenty-five years and after retirement, while living in Nixa she continued to work at various jobs outside the house. She always had some needlework in her lap. She sewed quilts, embroidered, knitted and crocheted. She became incapacitated due to Parkinson's disease.
While living in Jamesville, Cleva was a member of Jamesville Missionary Baptist Church where she was the song leader. She loved to sing and listen to gospel and blue grass music and in her last years living at Ozark Riverview Manor her daughters would sing to her and she would sometimes join in still being able to sing on key. At the time of her passing, she was a member of Hopedale Baptist Church.
Her daughters, Janice and Kathy daily visits.
Burial in McConnell-Bledsoe Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Feb. 20, 2019
She was born on November 13, 1926 in Clever, the daughter of Claude C. and Bessie E. (Jones) Compton. She married Leo Middleton on May 6, 1946. He preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
Surviving are: two sons, Robert Leo (Julie) Middleton, and Jim (Ronda) Middleton; three daughters, Katherine (John M.) Davis, Janice (Terry) Kendrick, and Marlene (Gianni Donati) Middleton; twelve grandchildren, John C. (Traci) Davis, Kelly (Darren) Garrison, Lisa (Bill) Odom, Rob (Tom, deceased) Middleton, Jessie (Penny) Middleton, Emily (Hank) Swank, Dan (Brittni) Kendrick, Jamie (Chris) Campagnola, Jason (Alexandra) Edwards, Aaron (Kellie) Larson, James Middleton, and Jared Middleton; twenty-seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Willie Compton.
Cleva and Leo resided on a farm in and around Jamesville, Missouri. Cleva would haul water in metal milk cans from her in\-laws well. She started her day in the milk barn with Leo and through out the day tending the garden, the pigs and chickens.
She worked as head cook for the Nixa School District for twenty-five years and after retirement, while living in Nixa she continued to work at various jobs outside the house. She always had some needlework in her lap. She sewed quilts, embroidered, knitted and crocheted. She became incapacitated due to Parkinson's disease.
While living in Jamesville, Cleva was a member of Jamesville Missionary Baptist Church where she was the song leader. She loved to sing and listen to gospel and blue grass music and in her last years living at Ozark Riverview Manor her daughters would sing to her and she would sometimes join in still being able to sing on key. At the time of her passing, she was a member of Hopedale Baptist Church.
Her daughters, Janice and Kathy daily visits.
Burial in McConnell-Bledsoe Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Feb. 20, 2019
Cleva B. Middleton, 92, formerly of Nixa passed away Monday morning, February 18, 2019.
She was born on November 13, 1926 in Clever, the daughter of Claude C. and Bessie E. (Jones) Compton. She married Leo Middleton on May 6, 1946. He preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
Surviving are: two sons, Robert Leo (Julie) Middleton, and Jim (Ronda) Middleton; three daughters, Katherine (John M.) Davis, Janice (Terry) Kendrick, and Marlene (Gianni Donati) Middleton; twelve grandchildren, John C. (Traci) Davis, Kelly (Darren) Garrison, Lisa (Bill) Odom, Rob (Tom, deceased) Middleton, Jessie (Penny) Middleton, Emily (Hank) Swank, Dan (Brittni) Kendrick, Jamie (Chris) Campagnola, Jason (Alexandra) Edwards, Aaron (Kellie) Larson, James Middleton, and Jared Middleton; twenty-seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Willie Compton.
Cleva and Leo resided on a farm in and around Jamesville, Missouri. Cleva would haul water in metal milk cans from her in\-laws well. She started her day in the milk barn with Leo and through out the day tending the garden, the pigs and chickens.
She worked as head cook for the Nixa School District for twenty-five years and after retirement, while living in Nixa she continued to work at various jobs outside the house. She always had some needlework in her lap. She sewed quilts, embroidered, knitted and crocheted. She became incapacitated due to Parkinson's disease.
While living in Jamesville, Cleva was a member of Jamesville Missionary Baptist Church where she was the song leader. She loved to sing and listen to gospel and blue grass music and in her last years living at Ozark Riverview Manor her daughters would sing to her and she would sometimes join in still being able to sing on key. At the time of her passing, she was a member of Hopedale Baptist Church.
Her daughters, Janice and Kathy daily visits.
Burial in McConnell-Bledsoe Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Feb. 20, 2019
She was born on November 13, 1926 in Clever, the daughter of Claude C. and Bessie E. (Jones) Compton. She married Leo Middleton on May 6, 1946. He preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
Surviving are: two sons, Robert Leo (Julie) Middleton, and Jim (Ronda) Middleton; three daughters, Katherine (John M.) Davis, Janice (Terry) Kendrick, and Marlene (Gianni Donati) Middleton; twelve grandchildren, John C. (Traci) Davis, Kelly (Darren) Garrison, Lisa (Bill) Odom, Rob (Tom, deceased) Middleton, Jessie (Penny) Middleton, Emily (Hank) Swank, Dan (Brittni) Kendrick, Jamie (Chris) Campagnola, Jason (Alexandra) Edwards, Aaron (Kellie) Larson, James Middleton, and Jared Middleton; twenty-seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Willie Compton.
Cleva and Leo resided on a farm in and around Jamesville, Missouri. Cleva would haul water in metal milk cans from her in\-laws well. She started her day in the milk barn with Leo and through out the day tending the garden, the pigs and chickens.
She worked as head cook for the Nixa School District for twenty-five years and after retirement, while living in Nixa she continued to work at various jobs outside the house. She always had some needlework in her lap. She sewed quilts, embroidered, knitted and crocheted. She became incapacitated due to Parkinson's disease.
While living in Jamesville, Cleva was a member of Jamesville Missionary Baptist Church where she was the song leader. She loved to sing and listen to gospel and blue grass music and in her last years living at Ozark Riverview Manor her daughters would sing to her and she would sometimes join in still being able to sing on key. At the time of her passing, she was a member of Hopedale Baptist Church.
Her daughters, Janice and Kathy daily visits.
Burial in McConnell-Bledsoe Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Feb. 20, 2019
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