Obituaries

In Memory of Gordon Orr
February 17th 2017 by Dee Loflin
In Memory of Gordon Orr

Warren Gordon Orr, son of the late Raymond Francis Orr and Hazel Stevens Orr was born on December 26, 1940 in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on February 14, 2017 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 76 years.

Mr. Orr was a former truck driver for Holden Pallet Company and Morgan Recycling Company in Dexter. He played baseball for Fisk High School and Dudley Buffalos where he was a power hitting first baseman.  Gordon had a lifelong love of cars, competing in demo derby’s, driving stock cars, and restoring old vehicles.  In his later years, he enjoyed fishing everyday with friends and family.

He was united in marriage to Barbara Brown on December 27, 1987 in Dudley, Missouri.  Mrs. Orr resides at the home in Fisk.

Besides his wife, he is survived by, two sons, Kevin Orr (Ruth Ann) of Cape Girardeau and Kim Orr of Doniphan; two daughters, Johnnie Morgan (Larry) of Kennett and Robin Morris (Charles) of Portageville; by six grandchildren, Heath Orr (Ashley), Meghan Anderson, Elizabeth Orr, Lindsay Woods (Theron), Kaitlin Orr and Garrett Orr; four great-grandchildren, Natalie Orr, Aiden Anderson, Lucas Woods and Presley Woods.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A Memorial Service will be conducted on a later date.  Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all the arrangements.



Last Updated on February 17th 2017 by Dee Loflin




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