Obituary of Marjorie Michie Orr

Marjorie Henry Orr

Clarksdale, MS

Marjorie Henry Orr, 69, a retired Elementary School Teacher, died September 17, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Visitation is Friday September 20, 2019, 11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Clarksdale, MS. Funeral services are 1:00 P.M. Friday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Clarksdale, MS with burial in the Oakridge Cemetery. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements.

Mrs. Orr was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, lifetime member of Junior Auxiliary and founding member and Matriarch of Gathering Group. She taught school for 26 years. She was an accomplished artist and enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Orr is survived by her sons Norman McLeod Orr and his wife Kimberly of Mountain Brook, AL, Dr. Wayne Shannon Orr, III and his wife Christy of Ridgeland, MS and George Curtis Orr and his wife Kristin of Clarksdale, MS; sisters Lucia Hoover and her husband Charles of Starkville, MS and Janie Duke and her husband Bubba of Cleveland, MS and grandchildren Riley Quin Orr and Lana Jane Orr of Mountain Brook, AL, Parker Shannon Orr, Paxton Frasier Orr and Katherine Prescott Orr of Ridgeland, MS.

She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Orr, Jr. and parents Norman and Jane Michie Henry.