Hilma Brown Cleveland, 95, died in Irving, TX on May 11, 2005. Mrs. Cleveland was born in Stratford on November 14, 1909 to Eula Peck Brown and J.T. Brown. She was the youngest on 10 children of the early Stratford merchant and was predeceased by all of her brothers and sisters. Hilma did research and traveled to gather information on the genealogies of the Brown and Peck families and on the migration of the Brown family from North Carolina through Tennessee, Central Texas and to Stratford in 1904. Although she had many interests and experiences, Mrs. Cleveland took most pride in her work as a teacher. Upon the death of her parents in 1926 and 1927 and with only one year of college at Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell, she lived with the Wallace Steel family and taught 5 pupils at a one room school out from Stratford. Later, while seeking to support her young son and with the assistance of many family members she began a long process of acquiring more education, teaching during school terms and going to school at night and in summers. She eventually obtained her M.A. degree at West Texas State College in Canyon. She taught at school systems in Southwest Kansas, in Stratford and in Amarillo, notable at Alice Landergin Elementary and Paramount Terrace schools in Amarillo. She also taught in Germany in schools for U.S. Army dependent children. After retirement in 1975 Mrs. Cleveland moved to Sun City, Arizona, to live and travel with her sister Helen. They later moved to Longview and later, Irving, Texas. Her survivors include son Joe and daughter in law Shirley Cleveland of Irving, granddaughter Sidney Stallings, her husband Heath and their son Slade of Grapevine and nieces Marlene Morris of Amarillo, Patty Watkins of Longview and Maureen Plunk and Katie Allen of Stratford. Services were at 2:00 pm Sunday, May 15, 2005 in the First Baptist Church in Stratford.