Mrs.
Dorothy Ruth Orr Carter was born January 14, 1932 to the union of Mr.
and Mrs. William K. Orr in Van Alstyne, Texas. She received her
formal education in the public schools of her native city.
Her
religious activities began at a very early age, when she professed a
hope in Christ and united with the C.M.E. Church at Van Alstyne.
She later joined the Fellowship Baptist Church under the pastorate of
Rev. Sammie Davis, Jr.
In 1956 she was united in holy wedlock to Mr. James Earl Carter and to that union three children were born.
Her demise came Sunday, October 21, 1979 at one of the local hospitals.
Survivors
are her mother, Mrs. Ella M. Orr; one daughter, Cheryl Renee Carter;
two sons, Gregory Earl and Byron Odell Carter; five sisters, Katherine
and Gerline Orr, Sarah J. Etchison, Helen C. Davis and Lillian Janice
Mitchell; five brothers, Robinson, Darrell, Cleo, James Douglas and
Franklin D. Orr; three grandchildren, Shermika, Gregory Earl Jr. and
Shenika LaKay Carter, other relatives and a host of friends. | 
Dorothy Ruth Orr-Carter
14 January 1932 - 21 October 1979
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