Minnie L.

Mitchell Dorman

Obituary

Minnie L. Mitchell Dorman, 85, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2025, at her residence. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 14, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 15, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Rickey Wells officiating. Mrs. Dorman will be laid to rest at Salem Memorial Gardens.

Jonathan Taylor, Will Rowell, Gordon Gray, Ross Buckley, Santos Falcon and David Taylor will serve as pallbearers.

Born July 4, 1940, in Irwin County, Mrs. Dorman was the daughter of the late Ed Mitchell and Minnie Dale Owens Mitchell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Billie Eugene Cleveland; one daughter, Kimberly Michelle Cleveland; two granddaughters, Lisa Marie Cleveland and Michelle Leigh Cleveland; one sister, Myra Dorrity; and several other brothers and sisters. During her working career, she worked at Huggins Dairy; then at Lowell Packaging; and retired from Modern Textiles.

Mrs. Dorman is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne Cleveland (Mary) of Greenville, South Carolina and William Cleveland (Martha) and James Dorman (Callie Coarsey), all of Tifton; two daughters, Susie Fletcher and Noel Dorman, both of Tifton; one brother, Charles "Duck" Mitchell of Irwin County; two sisters, Nell Stephens of Irwin County and Ann Holloway of Tifton; fourteen grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.