Daughter of Hazel Miles and Leonard Miles. She attended the Mississippi State College for Women from which she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1965. She taught Business Education courses in the Cobb County School District for 33 years with 30 years at Campbell High School in Smyrna, GA. Her husband, Robert Jackson "Jack" McLeod, also taught high school and was an elementary school principal in Cobb County. They were married in the small country church, Rocky Hill United Methodist, on July 9, 1966. They felt so fortunate that their parents were able to gift them $100 and a cow! They used the money for their honeymoon to the newly built Six Flags over Texas and had the cow butchered for the meat. Soon after their marriage, they moved to the Atlanta area and began their new jobs with the school district. They built their home in Marietta and became long-time members of the First Baptist Church of Marietta. After retiring from teaching in 2001, she worked as a substitute teacher for 10 more years. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Jack; and brother-in-law, Clinton Goodin. Surviving are her daughter, Christy McLeod; sister, Shelby Jean Goodin; niece, Lynn Jones; and nephews, Larry Goodin and Clarence Goodin.
Daughter of Hazel Miles and Leonard Miles. She attended the Mississippi State College for Women from which she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1965. She taught Business Education courses in the Cobb County School District for 33 years with 30 years at Campbell High School in Smyrna, GA. Her husband, Robert Jackson "Jack" McLeod, also taught high school and was an elementary school principal in Cobb County. They were married in the small country church, Rocky Hill United Methodist, on July 9, 1966. They felt so fortunate that their parents were able to gift them $100 and a cow! They used the money for their honeymoon to the newly built Six Flags over Texas and had the cow butchered for the meat. Soon after their marriage, they moved to the Atlanta area and began their new jobs with the school district. They built their home in Marietta and became long-time members of the First Baptist Church of Marietta. After retiring from teaching in 2001, she worked as a substitute teacher for 10 more years. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Jack; and brother-in-law, Clinton Goodin. Surviving are her daughter, Christy McLeod; sister, Shelby Jean Goodin; niece, Lynn Jones; and nephews, Larry Goodin and Clarence Goodin.
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