Rev. Fred J. (Joseph Frederick) Cloud
1925 - 2016 (90 years)-
Name Fred J. (Joseph Frederick) Cloud Prefix Rev. Born Apr 06, 1925 Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA 
[1] Gender Male Census Apr 04, 1930 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, USA [2] Census Apr 05, 1940 Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, USA [3] Residence Aft 1950 Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, USA - 313 31st Ave N, Nashville, TN 37203-1229
Died Jan 21, 2016 Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, USA Notes - Obituary:
Rev. J. Fred Cloud, Nashville, TN, Age 90, died Thursday, January 21. Survived by wife Barbara Dickerson Cloud; daughter Amanda Karen Cloud of Nashville, TN; cousins Mrs. Carolyn Stotts of Little Rock, AK., and Mrs. Bendean Morgan of Vacaville, CA; sixteen nieces and nephews and seventeen great-nieces and nephews in Michigan and Arkansas. Preceded in death by sons Joseph Laymon Cloud and David Bliss Cloud. Fred came to Nashville from Little Rock in 1943 to attend Vanderbilt University. He earned B.A., M.Div., and D.Min. degrees from Vanderbilt and an M.A. from Scarritt College. Ordained a Methodist minister in 1946, he served pastorates in the Tennessee Annual Conference in Nashville, Clifton, Bell Buckle, and New Providence. In 1953 he was chosen to edit college-age publications for The Methodist Church, which he did for 14 years. In 1967, he was hired to work with the new Metro Human Relations Commission; he directed it for 20 years until retirement in 1990. As a sideline to his ministry, Fred taught in colleges: Austin Peay State University, Scarritt College, Vanderbilt University, the University of Oklahoma, and American Baptist College. He edited the Journal of Intergroup Relations from 1990 to 2000. He also taught in Europe, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific to help develop indigenous Christian literature. Fred loved music, especially classical music and jazz. He sang in the Nashville Symphony Chorus for 15 years, and in the Edgehill United Methodist Church choir for over 40 years. As President of Patrons of Jazz, he helped present Nashville's first Jazz Festival in 1967; he also helped to found the W.O. Smith Community Music School. Fred wrote five books, dozens of articles, and prize-winning letters to the Tennessean for 43 years. He received numerous awards, including induction into the Human Rights Hall of Fame in 1988; the NCCJ Human Relations Award in 1991; and, jointly with his wife Barbara, the Social Holiness Award from the Tennessee Annual Conference in 2005. Fred chaired the Tennessee Fair Housing Council for more than 10 years, and the World Cultural Exchange for 2 years. Fred donated his body to Vanderbilt Medical School.
A memorial service will be held at Wightman Chapel at Scarritt-Bennett on February 20th at 1 p.m. followed by a visitation at Edgehill United Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m. Donations may be made to Brighter Days children's program at Edgehill United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 128258, Nashville, TN 37212.
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Music school founder, Metro leader Rev. Cloud dies
The Rev. J. Fred Cloud, who directed the Metro Human Relations Commission for two decades and helped found W.O. Smith Community Music School, died Jan. 21. He was 90.
Barbara Cloud, the Rev. Cloud's wife, confirmed his death and said her husband had been ill for about a year. While most people knew the Rev. Cloud for his fondness for talking, Barbara Cloud, a self-described introvert, called her husband of 46 years a great listener, too.
"He was very much an extrovert. I think people just enlivened him," Barbara Cloud said. "He also listened a lot. He made friends with everyone he met. Everybody in the grocery store or wherever."
The Rev. Cloud began working with the Metro Human Relations Commission and directed it for 20 years, until retiring in 1990. He amassed a collection of awards, certificates and honors for his work on human rights, racial justice and fair housing, which continue to inspire the staff who work there today, said Melody Fowler-Green, the commission's executive director, in a prepared statement.
"Indeed, a considerable number of 'firsts' in human and civil rights here in Nashville were achieved through his leadership. We have no doubt that Nashville?s reputation as a warm and welcoming city is in large part due to Mr. Cloud. The Commission intends to continue his good work," Fowler-Green said.
The Rev. Bill Barnes, a longtime Nashville housing advocate for whom Metro's Barnes Fund for Affordable Housing is named, said the Rev. Cloud was a longtime friend who was not afraid to speak his mind. They first met while Barnes was the pastor at Edgehill United Methodist Church.
"He wouldn't let personal criticism or anything like that deter him. He was very committed to human rights. He was very committed to the church and its role in fostering civil rights," Barnes said. "I think Fred is amazingly consistent."
Jazz and classical music were passions for the Rev. Cloud, who had previously served as a United Methodist pastor in communities across Tennessee. He sang in the Nashville Symphony Chorus for 15 years and the choir at Edgehill United Methodist Church for more than 40 years.
"Music fed his soul," Barbara Cloud said.
The Rev. Cloud combined his love of music, ministry and working with the underserved by helping make the W.O. Smith Community Music School a reality. The mission of the school is to make affordable and quality music instruction available to children from low-income families. Jonah Rabinowitz, executive director of the music school, said the Rev. Cloud navigated the legal hurdles the school needed to overcome in order to be established, and helped it gain a foothold in the Edgehill community.
"He was an incredibly generous man, an incredible supporter of low-income communities and the communities we work with," Rabinowitz said. "I honestly believe that without Fred Cloud the school would have had a very difficult time gaining footing within the Edgehill community. Certainly he helped smooth the process for us to open up our original facility."
Rabinowitz called the Rev. Cloud one of the world's nicest gentleman, and one of the saintly people who helps communities be the kind of place people want to live.
"If he felt something was important, he would do just about anything to help it succeed," Rabinowitz said.
A memorial service for the Rev. Cloud will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Wightman Chapel at Scarritt-Bennett. A 2:30 p.m. visitation at Edgehill United Methodist Church will follow the service.
Person ID I203453 mykindred Last Modified May 17, 2016
Father Joseph Frederick Cloud, b. circa 1901, Benton county, Arkansas, USA , d. Y Mother Dolia Owens, b. circa 1901, Scotland, Arkansas, USA , d. Y Married circa 1922 Notes - -
1930 census, AR, Pulaski, Little Rock, ed 60-17, 17-B, April 4
1103 McGarvan(?), HH 451/411
CLOUD, Joseph F, head, M, W, 29, m at 21, AR, AR, MS, machinist
CLOUD, Dolia, wife, F, W, 29, m at 21, AR, AR, AR, stenographer, bank
CLOUD, Frederick J., son, M, w, 5, AR, AR, AR
CLOUD, Josie M, mother, F, w, 63, widowed, m at 23, MS, MS, MS
CLOUD, Girlie M, sister, F, W, 36, single, AR, AR, MS, seamstress, store
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1940 census, AR, Pulaski, Little Rock, ed 60-50, 4-A, April 5
418-1/2 W. 7th St., HH 91
in HH of Walter C. BOWDEN
CLOUD, Dolia, lodger, F, W, 36, married, AR
CLOUD, Frederick, lodger, M, W, 14, TX
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Family ID F68565 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Betty Josephine Shepherd, b. Jun 25, 1925, d. Oct 29, 2008 (Age 83 years) Married 1946 Divorced Bef 2008 Children 1. Living 2. Joseph Laymon Cloud, b. Oct 16, 1952, Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, USA , d. Feb 13, 2007 (Age 54 years)3. David Bliss Cloud, b. Aug 03, 1956, d. Feb 18, 2015 (Age 58 years) Family ID F68561 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Living Family ID F68569 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Cloud,Fred J. (Joseph Fred)
Texas birth certificate
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