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M.P.C.I. Class of 1932

Birth: 1 Jun 1911, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Death: 26 Sep 2002, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Parents:
David Luke Johnston (1880-1932)
Agnes Wilhelmina Cook Johnston (1880-1963)

Siblings:
Martha Wilhelmina Johnston Motley (1913-2001)
Sylvia Christine Johnston (1914-1916)
Jean Douglas Johnston Tasker (1916-2009)

Spouse: Thomas Jerome Orr (1903-1956)
Marriage: 23 Jun 1934, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Children:
Thomas Jerome Orr, Jr.
Dorothy Kay Orr Rose
David Johnston Orr

Burial: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #90463644.

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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 23 Jun 1934, p. 6.

Miss Johnston to Wed Thomas J. Orr.

An outstanding event of this evening will be the wedding of Miss Dorothy Lee Johnston to Thomas Jerome Orr. The ceremony will take place at 8 o’clock at the Holy Trinity Lutheran church in Mount Pleasant.

After the rehearsal last evening, Mrs. David Luke Johnston, mother of the bride, entertained the wedding party, intimate friends and out of town guests at her home in the county. Forty guests were present.

The bride-elect was attired in printed crepe and wore a shoulder bouquet of pink roses.

Miss Dorothy Johnson will wear a gown of printed crepe and a corsage of pink roses.

Fancy ices and accessories were served by Miss Daphne Ransom, Miss Ruth Gerhardt, Miss Martha Shirey, Mrs. H. E. McCombs, Jr., and Mrs. Ralph Miller.The

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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 29 Sep 2002, p. 13B.

Mrs. Dorothy Johnston Orr, 91, died Thursday, September 26, 2002 at Charoltte’s Carrage Club on Olde Providence Road.

The oldest of four sisters, she was born to David Luke and Agnes Cook Johnston on June 1, 1911 on the Johnston Family farm in Mecklenburg County.”Dot” graduated from the Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute and attended Queens College as a Costume Design Major.

In 1930, Dorothy married Thomas J. Orr of Matthews, NC. The couple settled in Charlotte, and had three children, and were a founding family of The Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church. After Mr. Orr’s untimely death in 1946, Mrs. Orr took over the family business, T. J. Orr Surveyors.

An avid gardener, Dot loved working in her yard and will be remembered by neighbors and friends passing by her home on Selwyn Avenue. Her other passion in life was sewing. She was a true artist as a seamstress. We are reminded of her in Scripture – Proverbs 31:25 ‘She sews for the poor, and generously helps those in need.’

Mrs. Orr’s last years were very blessed by the love and tender care given to her by the nurses and staff at the Carriage Club.

She is survived by her son, Thomas J. Orr, Jr. and wife, Marcia of Charlotte; daughter, Dot Orr Rose and husband, Randy of St. Michaels, MD; and son, David Johnston Orr and sife, Teddy of Charlotte; grandchildren, T. J. Orr, III, Jay Orr, Amy Orr Smallwood, Ryan Orr, Lynden Orr, Chris Rose and Kelly Burrus; and nephew, Dr. Elliot R. Motley, IV.

A memorial service for Mrs. Orr will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 30 in the Dilworth Chapel of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home immediately following the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made to Hospice at Charlotte, 1429 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 3800 Shamrock Dr., Box 999, Charlotte, Nc 28215.

Arrangements are in the care of Hankins & Whittington Dilworth Chapel, 1111 East Boulevard, online at http://www.hankinsandwhittington.com.

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