ObituariesJanuary 20, 2002

DUDLEY, Mo. -- Raymond Orr, 81, of Dudley died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at the Missouri Southern Healthcare Facility in Dexter, Mo. He was born Oct. 10, 1920, to Nicholas Cleveland and Ida M. Majors Orr. On May 25, 1940, he married Hazel Iola Stephens in Dudley. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Nov. 21, 1994...

DUDLEY, Mo. -- Raymond Orr, 81, of Dudley died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at the Missouri Southern Healthcare Facility in Dexter, Mo.

He was born Oct. 10, 1920, to Nicholas Cleveland and Ida M. Majors Orr. On May 25, 1940, he married Hazel Iola Stephens in Dudley. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Nov. 21, 1994.

Mr. Orr lived in Dudley all his life. He was a timber cutter and member of the Dudley Community Church.

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Survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law: Warren and Barbara Orr of Dudley; two grandsons and their wives, Tommy Kevin and Ruth Ann Orr of Cape Girardeau and Kimothy Todd and Jeana Orr of Doniphan, Mo.; six great-grandchildren, Lindsay Orr of Dexter, Heath, Meghan and Elizabeth Orr of Cape Girardeau and Kaitlin and Garrett Orr of Doniphan, Mo.; a brother, Charles Orr of Dudley; four sisters, Ina Richeson, Kathryn Chapin and Peggy Dawes of Kansas City and Margaret Cooper of Seattle; other relatives and many friends.

Friends may call from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

The funeral will be 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Kent Miller of Poplar Bluff, Mo., officiating. Interment will be in the Dudley Cemetery.

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