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Betty Orr

Betty Orr, 74, of Troy passed away 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Union City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be conducted at noon Saturday at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Wilford Mobley and Jeff Bell will officiate. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 10 a.m. until the hour of services on Saturday.
Pallbearers will be Lowell Grooms, Joe Johnson, Jeff Jackson, Daniel Huey, Totsie Parker, Guy Walker Gray, Bill Garrett and Wesley Jackson.
Mrs. Orr was born Oct. 23, 1940, in Obion County, daughter of the late Lester and Elva (James) Mayse. She married Homer Alex Orr June 14, 1958. He died Jan. 4, 2015. Mrs. Orr was a member of Bishop Street Church of Christ and was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons, Ricky Allen Orr of Troy and Steven Orr of Gadsden, Ala.; her sister, Norma Cherry of Memphis; two granddaughters, Hailey Brooke Orr and Demi Blaire Orr, both of Troy; and three brothers, James Mayse of Dresden, Buryl Mayse of Memphis and Glenn Mayse of Martin.
She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter, Stevie Grace Orr; and her brother, Bobby Mayse.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.