Bob Darley

Bob C. "Bobby" Darley, 73, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, January 30, 2012 at Bainbridge Healthcare. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Roberts, Rev. Andy Hall, and Rev. Ed Harrell officiating. Interment will follow at Delwood Baptist Church Cemetery with Phillip Martin, Jimmy Pollock, Tarrell Bennett, Trevor Pollock, Walter Goodman, and Edward Reynolds serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department and the men of Delwood Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Darley was born August 16, 1938 in Mitchell County, GA, the son of Bob Cannon Darley and Elma Burnam Darley. He was the co-owner and operator of Decatur Garden and Farm Supply and was an inspector for Federal-State Inspection Services for over 20 years. Mr. Darley was a member of Delwood Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Vivian Murphy Darley of Bainbridge, GA; his son, Mark Darley and his wife, Linda, of Bainbridge, GA; his daughters, Kimberly NeSmith and her husband, Jerry, of Bainbridge, GA and Penny Rackley and her husband, Freddie, of Bainbridge, GA; his brothers, Ehlich Darley and his wife, Barbara, of Camilla, GA, Joe Darley of Camilla, GA, and Gordon Darley and his wife, Eleanor, of Albany, GA; his sister, Geraldine NeSmith of Quincy, FL; his grandchildren, Kristen Darley, Sierra Darley, B. J. Lashley, Jerry Alan NeSmith and his wife, Ashley, Laban Rackley, and Graham Rackley; and his 2 great-grandchildren, Hailey and Hunter. Mr. Darley was preceded in death by his grandson, Matthew NeSmith, his granddaughter, Stephanie Swift, and his sister, Verlyn Brock Smith.