Brenda Joyce McLeod (Miles), age 82, passed away on July 5, 2022, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Brenda was born on April 5, 1940, to Hazel Miles and Leonard Miles in Louisville, Mississippi.
Brenda attended the Mississippi State College for Women where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1965. She proudly taught Business Education courses in the Cobb County School District for 33 years with 30 years at Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia.
Her husband, Robert Jackson "Jack" McLeod, also taught high school and was an elementary school principal in Cobb County. Brenda and Jack were married in the small country church, Rocky Hill United Methodist, on July 9, 1966. At the time of their marriage, Brenda and Jack felt so fortunate that their parents were able to gift them $100 and a cow! They used the money for their honeymoon to the newly built Six Flags over Texas and had the cow butchered for the meat. Soon after their marriage, they relocated to the Atlanta area and began their new jobs with the school district.
Their beloved daughter, Christy Miles McLeod, was born on July 24, 1971. The couple would later build their dream home in Marietta and became long-time members of the First Baptist Church of Marietta. After retiring from teaching in 2001, Brenda would go on to substitute teach for 10 more years, which allowed her to spend more time enjoying the passions she had for most of her life including cooking, gardening, shopping, and especially spending time with her daughter.
Brenda is predeceased by her parents, Leonard and Hazel; her husband, Jack; and her brother-in-law, Clinton Goodin. She is survived by her daughter, Christy McLeod; her sister, Shelby Jean Goodin; her niece, Lynn Jones; and her nephews, Larry Goodin and Clarence Goodin.
Funeral services will be held at the Rocky Hill United Methodist Church in Louisville, Mississippi, on July 15, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., coincidentally the day before the Carr Family Reunion. Visitation will be the day of the service at the church from 10 a.m. until service time.
In lieu of flowers, Brenda’s family requests donations be made to the Rocky Hill United Methodist Church, where Brenda and Jack began their married life together, or to the First Baptist Church of Marietta General Operating Fund.
