Tammie Dingas

Tammie Michelle Dingas, 42, of Prince George County, passed away Friday, May 04, 2012. Tammie attended Bollingbrook School and was a graduate of Saint Vincent de Paul High School and owner of Curl Up or Dye Beauty Salon in Old Towne Petersburg. She started her most successful hair stylist career at Scissors Unique and worked for 21 years as a Master Stylist at JC Penney Beauty Salon, Southpark Mall, Colonial Heights, VA, prior to achieving her career dream of owning her own successful salon. A most accomplished and amazingly talented artist, Tammie trained under Anna Lou Musgrove in Petersburg, VA. She loved animals and was making her home on her Grandparentâ??s Griffin Farm with many loveable creatures. She was a lifelong member of Garyâ??s United Methodist Church. Tammie Dingas lived life to the fullest. Cherishing so many special memories of a loving daughter are her parents, Brenda Griffin Dingas and Thomas George Dingas of Prince George; and of a loving sister, Tracey Dingas Allen and husband, Andrew Lee Allen of Colonial Heights and Teresa Dingas Williams and husband, Christopher Jason Williams of Chesapeake, VA; and the loves of her life, nieces and nephew, Griffin Delaney Williams, Wyatt Lee Allen and Clara James Williams. She is also survived by her paternal grandmother, Frances Sanford Dingas of Prince George; aunt, Mary Etta Griffin Kanusek of Disputanta; and uncle, Larry Douglas Dingas of Prince George. Tammie was loved and will always be remembered by her special Callis and Dingas cousins and a multitude of close friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Alpha Omega Callis Griffin and Patrick Snow Griffin; paternal grandfather, George Dingas; and uncle, Michael Wayne Dingas. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 8th at the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service with the Reverend Henry Butler officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Memorial Park in Prince George. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in Tammieâ??s memory may be made to Garyâ??s United Methodist Church Building Fund, 13501 Sunnybrook Road, Petersburg, VA 23805 or the Petersburg Area Art League, 7 E. Old Street, Petersburg, VA 23803. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .