CLEVELAND, Genolia “Ginny”
Genolia “Ginny” Cleveland died on August 26, 2021 at her home, Canterbury Court, Atlanta, GA. Ginny was born on May 3, 1921 in Rice, a suburb of Farmville, VA. born the daughter of Charles Preston and Kate F. Mylum. She was preceded by her husband James Russell Cleveland Sr., who passed away on November 26, 2012. They celebrated 57 years of dedicated and loving marriage.
Ginny graduated from Worsham High School and received a diploma from Smithdeal Massey Business College in Richmond. Her first job was with the renowned Schwarzchild Jewelers in their business office in Richmond. Later, when World War II continued, she was hired by the Selective Service System, where she worked until the end of the war. In the late 1940s she got the job she had dreamed of since childhood, namely to become a private secretary. She worked for Hunt Foods Corporation in their board offices and later for the entomology and plant quarantine division; an excellent job, but she decided that working with greenhouses and plant diseases was not her specialty. She applied to the Air Force and was accepted into Human Resources. This was one of her most cherished and cherished jobs. In the early 1950s she moved to the Orlando (McCoy) Air Force Base offices. Here she met her husband Jimmy on a blind date. She got married, changed her career to become a full-time woman, mother and housewife. Her love, devotion, and commitment to her new family became the most rewarding and fulfilling years of her life.
In 1970, Ginny and Jimmy left their Fulton County home and moved to East Cobb County to the Atlanta Country Club subdivision. She was a member of the Atlanta Country Club Ladies’ Golf Association and the Chattahoochee Ladies Association. She was a member of the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church and the Ladies of Faith Sunday School Class.
Surviving is a son, James R. Cleveland Jr. of Atlanta and daughter, Carol Cleveland Harbor (George) of Canton GA, a devoted niece, Dennis Young of Richmond, VA, 6 grandchildren in Atlanta and Birmingham, AL, 14 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, and in the Richmond VA area, are 4 nieces, 1 nephew, several great-nieces, and nephews.
Ginny will be missed by everyone who knew her. She was a person who had a warm and captivating smile, and she was called “Sunshine” in many of the offices she worked in.
A memorial service for Genolia Cleveland will be held at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church Chapel in Marietta on Saturday, September 18 at 11:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Right From The Heart Ministries, 1507 Johnson Ferry Rd, STE 100, Marietta, GA 30062.
