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E. E. Cleveland

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Edward Earl Cleveland
Born(1921-03-11)March 11, 1921
DiedAugust 30, 2009(2009-08-30) (aged 88)
Huntsville, Alabama
Other nameE. E. Cleveland
EducationOakwood College (now Oakwood University)
SpouseCelia Marie Abney Cleveland ( – May 29, 2003)
ChildrenEarl Clifford Cleveland
ChurchSeventh-day Adventist
Offices held
Associate Secretary of Ministerial Association
TitlePastor

Edward Earl Cleveland (March 11, 1921 – August 30, 2009) was an American writer, civil rights advocate and evangelist of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[1]

Biography

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E. E. Cleveland was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on March 11, 1921, and died at the Huntsville Hospital on August 30, 2009, following an illness. He was married to Celia Marie Abney Cleveland on May 29, 1943, until her death in 2003.

They have one son, Earl Clifford Cleveland.

He preached his first sermon at the age of 9. At the age of 13 he was the Sabbath School secretary at his local church in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1