Visitation will be held from 12:00pm until 2:00pm, Monday, June 10, 2024, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
David was born February 23, 1973 at Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. He lived with his parents and later, his little sister in Pearl, MS until the young family moved to Sugar Land, TX in 1978. He later attended the University of Southern Mississippi graduating with honors. He married, had a son and lived in Brandon for many years working in the printing industry while raising his son as a single father. After becoming disabled he eventually moved back to Sugar Land, TX and then to Austin, TX where he passed away.
David loved God, his family and most of all his son DJ. He enjoyed the arts, music, foreign language (French) and graphic design. Most of all, David lived life his way.
David was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Gustave Dearman and Christine Dearman Jenkins, maternal grandparents Hilbert and Ruby Strawder, and his sister Dana Brooke Dearman. He is survived by his father, Daniel Dearman; mother, Deborah Strawder Pina and husband Joe; and son, David Joseph "D.J." Dearman, Jr.