Darrell David

Dorminey

Obituary

Darrell David Dorminey, 85, of Chula passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, at Southern Care Assisted Living in Tifton. His funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2015, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Dr. Wayne Roe officiating. Mr. Dorminey will be laid to rest at a later date. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 29, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Born April 25, 1930 in Berrien County, Mr. Dorminey was the son of the late Alton Baker Dorminey and Kathleen Jones Dorminey. He graduated from Tifton High School in 1948 and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He began working with the United States Geological Survey in 1953 and retired in 1991, where he was a hydrological technician and also served as office chief. He enjoyed carpentry, camping and riding motorcycles.

Mr. Dorminey is survived by his wife of 61 years, Frances Nelson Dorminey of Chula; his children and their spouses, Gina Dorminey Sumner and husband, Leslie of Tifton and David Dorminey and wife, Donna of Moultrie; a brother, Walter "Ansley" Dorminey of Alapaha; two sisters, Barbara Sanders of Sevierville, Tennessee and Shirley Munoz of Gainesville; and two grandchildren and their spouses, Abbey Sumner Sandifer and her husband, Brant and Stephen Dorminey Sumner and his wife, Summer.