Cleveland Davis Barclay

Cleveland Davis Barclay passed away peacefully in his home on January 24, 2023. He was born in Greenville, Florida to Perry and Ellen Barclay on August 24, 1947 and was 75 years young at the time of his death. He is survived by his two daughters, Christie Frahm (Jeff Frahm) and Kim Johnson (Zach Johnson) and their mother Carolyn Barclay. He also leaves behind his five beautiful grandchildren, Maci and Chandler Miklas, Will, Wyatt and Abby Jane Johnson and his three sisters Joann Byington, Frances Arnold (Sonny Arnold) and Wanda Byington. He has a big beautiful extended family of nieces and nephews and greats and seconds too numerous to name but he was well loved and will be missed by all. He served our country with honor as an active member of the United States Air Force from 1965 -1969 and in the reserves until 1971. He was a flight medic during the Vietnam War and received The Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement for his service. He went on to serve as a Corporal and served as a Traffic Homicide Investigator for The Florida Highway Patrol from 1970 until he retired in 2001. During his final years on the patrol he went back to college earning his Bachelors of Education at the age of 52 from the University of North Florida and then his Masters in Education four years later from Troy State. He spent 10 years serving as an educator, an assistant principal and a principal. He also refereed high school football for almost 50 years as a member of the North Florida Officials Association. Among his many other interests, hobbies and part time jobs he earned his pilots license, drove charter buses and sold cars, he never sat still! He loved the Florida State Seminoles, the Miami Dolphins and the Atlanta Braves. To know him was to love him, once you met him you would be hard pressed to ever forget him. His presence filled every room he entered and he left his mark on everyone he met. His greatest joy in life was being a dad, a papa, a brother and an uncle. Family meant everything to him. He had a heart the size of Texas, he would do anything he could to help anyone in need. He was the life of the party, the papa bear, the protector and the provider. He was the definition of a great man and he will be deeply missed. His services will be held at Beggs Funeral Home, 235 NW Orange Avenue, Madison Florida 32340. The viewing will be Saturday the 28th from 5-7 pm and the funeral service will be held on Sunday the 29th at 2 pm followed by interment at Barclay Cemetery, Greenville,Florida..

Cleveland Davis Barclay

August 24, 1947 - January 24, 2023