Mrs. Elizabeth Sunshine Farmer Orr, age 95, of Puryear, Tennessee died at her home on Friday, December 12, 2014.
Mrs. Orr was born in Henry County, Tennessee on July 11, 1919 to the late Jesse Farmer and Maydell (Paschall) Farmer. Mrs. Orr retired from the Puryear High School in Henry County as an elementary teacher. Mrs. Orr was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church and a member of the Paris – Henry County Retired Teachers Association.
In addition to her parents Mrs. Orr was preceded in death by her husband, Fonza Orr, who died in 1988; two brothers, Walter Farris Farmer and John Paschall Farmer; and by one sister, Virginia Farmer.
Mrs. Orr is survived by one daughter, Camelia Jane Dunn and husband Jerry of Puryear, Tennessee; one son Larry Randall Orr and wife Debby of Hazel, Kentucky; five grandchildren, Jamie Dunn, Todd Dunn, Anthony Orr and wife Christie, Allison Kilgore and husband Dustin and Grant Orr and wife Cassie; as well as five great grandchildren, Layken Beard, Lillyanna Kilgore, Hayden Orr, Addyson Orr and Jace Dunn.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home with Rev. Glynn Orr and Rev. William Beasley officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 15, 2014 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy can be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, Tennessee 38101-9908
Online condolences can be made,at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com