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Janis Earlene Wheeler Cleveland Bates passed from this life on July 8, 2023, after a long illness from COPD. Janis Earlene Wheeler was born in Darwin, Okla., on Sept. 19, 1939, to Frances and Bart Wheeler. She was the fourth of four daughters and preceded in death by her mother and father; two sisters: Bertha Lee Smith and Lou Jean Shelby, and a son, Paul Anthony (Tony) Cleveland. She is survived by a sister, Barbara Morris and four children: Monica Jan Thames, Robert Barton Cleveland, Thomas Scott Cleveland and Bradley Stephen Cleveland; nine grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.