Mr. Nelson G. Cleveland, age 85, of Dallas, Texas passed away August 3, 2007, in Dallas. He was born January 2, 1922, in McKinney, Texas to George and R.C. (Chamberlain) Cleveland. He married Mary Dell Holmes in 1940, they had five children together. Mr. Cleveland married Annie Turner in Dallas and was a custodian for the Dallas Independent School District. He is survived by his wife, Annie Cleveland; children by his first wife Mary Dell, Joyce Ann Cox and her husband, Leonard from Lorena, Texas, Nelson Cleveland Jr. and his wife, Patsy of Jackson, Tennessee, Frederick Waheed and his wife, Barbara of Dallas, Russell C. Cleveland and his wife, Janice Ann of Dallas and Mary Guiden of Shreveport, Louisiana; 20 grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren; sister, Clara Mae Harris of San Francisco, California; brother, Richard Cleveland and wife, Ida also of San Francisco; and numerous nieces, nephews and other loving relatives. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, August 13, 2007, in the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel. Interment will follow at Ross Cemetery in McKinney. The family will receive friends for visitation beginning 6:00 p.m., Sunday, August 12, 2007, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home.