Doloris “Dee'' Parmer - Born December 13, 1944, in Mobile County, Alabama, and was a resident of Gainesville, Georgia, died December 7, 2021. She enjoyed watching her grandchildren play sports, family gatherings and Alabama football. While living in Mobile, she taught elementary school, served as a loan originator for Regions Bank and worked for CARES Health & Wellness as a prosthetist and as an office assistant. As a breast cancer survivor, she was very active in the American Cancer Society and Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk. She attended Bienville Elementary School, KJ Clark Middle School and CF Vigor High School. She attended Livingston State University and studied Early Childhood Education at the University of South Alabama. After moving to Gainesville, Ga, she attended Gainesville First United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her father Kendrell Cecil Parmer, mother Ruby Adell Copeland Parmer and very dear friend, Ida M. Linsley. She is survived by two daughters, Sharon Lynn McLeod and Shirley A. (Eric) Grizzle; three brothers, Cecil H. (Lavada) Parmer, Raymond R. Parmer, Paul V. (Jody) Parmer; four grandchildren, Andrew J. McLeod, Molly A. McLeod, Ashlyn Jones and Delaney Grizzle. She was loved by a host of nieces and nephews and a best friend, Miriam Elliott.
Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at 2:00 pm with the Reverend Kathy Lamon of Chapelwood United Methodist Church (Athens, Georgia) officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens.
Honorary pallbearers are Andrew J. McLeod, Greg Parmer, Chuck Parmer, and Joe Parmer. Active pallbearers are Raymond Parmer, Jr., Mike Conner, Zachary Conner, Sean Rowley, Eric Linsley and Garrett Holland.
