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Portrait of Cleta Donn Mims
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Cleta Donn Mims

April 22, 1938 – September 24, 2021
Lived 83 years
Desdemona · Desdemona, Texas
Those we love don't go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear.
Life story

Cleta Donn (Daniel) (Honzell) Mims was born in Lipan, Texas, April 22, 1938. She entered Heaven's Gates on September 24, 2021.

A loving mother, grandma and great-grandma, Cleta loved to take care of others through her quilting, collecting 8,000 + shot glasses, bowling, and softball. She brought a smile to so many.

Cleta was predeceased by her husband, Robert (Bob) Mims. She was also predeceased by her sister, Lillian Leatherman, and twin sister Leta Hay, her brother F.M. Daniels, her parents, Claude and Evelyn Daniel and great-grandson, Caleb Todd.

She is survived by her son's family, Mark and Janet Honzell, her daughter's family, Janet and Johnnie Pickens, three grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Martin's Funeral Home, Granbury, Tx, October 2, 2021 10:00 am followed by services at 11:00 am. She will be then laid to rest at Desdemona Cemetery, Desdemona, Tx at 2pm.

Thank you to all of whom knew her and walked with through her precious life.

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1938
Born April 22
1938
Birth of Cleta and Leta
1939
Cleta was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1947
Cleta was 9 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Cleta was 20 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1959
Birth of Son Mark
1961
Birth of Daughter Janet
1961
Cleta was 23 when NASA picked Houston for its Manned Spacecraft Center
1976
Cleta was 38 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Cleta was 43 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Cleta was 57 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Cleta was 66 when Facebook was launched
2014
Cleta was 76 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Cleta was 82 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Cleta Passing
2021
Passed away September 24, age 83
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Bowling was her FAVORITE

She loved to bowl and was very competitive. With others and with herself. She always had good friends and good times bowling in several leagues. She traveled to many locations for competitions.

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