LEO DUDLEY (L.D.) CLOUD
August 22, 1937 - December 22, 2021
Memorial Services for Leo Dudley Cloud (L.D.), 84, of Houston, Texas, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in the Friendship Court of Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, 12955 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77079. The Reverend Jim McPhail will officiate.
L.D. was born August 22, 1937, in San Antonio, Texas, and passed away on December 22, 2021, in Houston, Texas. He was a lifelong Methodist and a member of Memorial Drive United Methodist Church.
L.D. was a practicing architect and developer for over 50 years for O’Neil Ford & Associates (1961-1970), Bernard Johnson Architecture & Engineering (1971-1986), and then in private practice as L.D. Cloud & Associates. He was a member of numerous professional boards.
He is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas and graduated with a degree in Architectural Construction from Texas A&M University in 1959. He served as an Officer in the Corps of Engineers.
His greatest loves were family, nature, reading, and tennis. L.D. was a man of faith, perseverance and conviction, as well as a devoted Texas Aggie.
He is preceded in death by his parents Leo P. Cloud, Jr. and Virginia Mills Cloud; in laws James Benton Rylander and Ruth Rylander Givens; brother Jerry Dan Cloud; brother in law James B. Rylander, Jr.; and brother in law Marvin E. Greer; sister in law Norma Lee Cloud; and nephew Reagan E. Greer.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years Carolyn Rylander Cloud; daughter Carrie Cloud Clendenin (husband Thomas Edward Clendenin); granddaughter Campbell Mills Clendenin; sister Carolyn Cloud Greer; sister in law Mary Lynn Hollis (husband Loyd Hollis); sister in law Deborah Dirks Rylander; and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to sincerely thank Joseph C. Masdeu, MD, PhD and his staff at Houston Methodist Hospital in addition to L.D.’s caregivers for their compassion.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in support of the Houston Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute for Lewy Body Dementia Research, c/o Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 4384, Houston, Texas 77210-4384.