Dorman Fleet Varnado, 82 years old, a life long resident of Amite was born November 14, 1929 and departed December 10, 2011. He was a business man of 40 years, owner of Varnado Well Service, Amite. He is survived by eight children, Johanna Varnado Bowman and husband, Lloyd E. Bowman, Amite, Deanna Varnado Bateman, Franklinton, Sheilah Varnado Ellzey, Amite, Greg Varnado and wife, Melisa Ailes Varnado, Amite, Janeth Varnado DeBenedetto and husband, Martin DeBenedetto of Baton Rouge, Patrick Layton Varnado, Amite, Holly L. Varnado Shafet and husband, John Shafet of Madisonville, D. Keith Varnado and wife, Cheryl G. Varnado, Mountain Home, Idaho, 20 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Fisher Varnado, his parents, Herbert Layton Varnado and Angie Holton Varnado, two sisters, Venta M. Varnado and Annette Varnado Pittman, son-in-law Bruce Wayne Bateman, grandson, Joseph David Hayden, and great-grandson, Bruce Wayne Bateman. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, on Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. with Masonic Services at 7:30 p.m. and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Services conducted by Bro. Walter Mixon and Bro. Willie Westmoreland. Interment will be at Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklinton. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Any donation in memory of Dorman Fleet Varnado, the family would appreciate it to be donated to The Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area, 3772 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806.