Herbert Bernie Orr, M.D., died connected Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, of cancer. He was 85.
He was 1 of the past wide practitioners. In the aboriginal days of his career, helium performed surgery, delivered babies and did regular physicals. Later, arsenic medicine became much specialized, helium focused connected interior medicine, chiefly successful household practice.
While medicine was important to him, adjacent much important to him was his Christian faith. His religion was the instauration of his life; his signifier of medicine was a signifier of ministry. Later successful life, helium besides wrote books and pamphlets and became an avid missive writer, each with the extremity of spreading the connection of Jesus Christ.
He was calved successful Chattanooga successful 1937, to Melvin Orr and Gladys Chase Orr. His aboriginal puerility was spent connected the household workplace successful Polk County, wherever helium learned to emotion the earthy world, peculiarly flowers. Following his father's untimely death, erstwhile helium was 8, the household moved to Cleveland. He graduated from precocious schoolhouse successful Cleveland and past went connected to Carson-Newman College connected a scholarship, wherever helium studied chemistry. From there, helium went to the University of Tennessee aesculapian schoolhouse successful Memphis.
It was portion astatine UT-Memphis that helium met Patricia Wood. She was coming to the assemblage to be postgraduate schoolhouse successful chemistry, and the Baptist Student Union was looking for volunteers to greet her. It did not instrumentality him agelong to determine helium wanted to wed the smart, beauteous pistillate from Mississippi. The mates joined successful December of 1962, close aft helium finished aesculapian school.
He spent his internship astatine Baroness Erlanger Hospital successful Chattanooga. Following his internship, helium served successful the United States Public Health Service, providing aesculapian attraction done the Indian Health Service connected the Red Lake Reservation successful Minnesota. His archetypal son, Melvin, was calved during his clip successful service. Upon discharge, helium moved to Mobile, wherever helium did a residency successful wide country astatine Mobile General Hospital. Following his residency, the household moved to Monte Vista, Colorado, wherever helium worked successful backstage signifier and besides served arsenic the doc for an American Baptist wellness clinic. His daughter, Rachel, and 2nd son, Flint, were calved during that clip successful Colorado.
The household relocated to Mobile successful 1977, arsenic members of Gulf Coast Covenant Church and helium went to enactment for Family Medical. He retired from medicine astatine property 65. His aboriginal years successful the assemblage were difficult, successful portion due to the fact that of his ain aesculapian issues. More rewarding was his clip spent arsenic a unpaid astatine the Home of Grace for Women, for which helium was yet awarded a plaque for his years of Christian ministry, emotion and service.
His passions included euphony — which anyone who ever attended a religion work with him knows, arsenic helium sang precise loud, precise level and with large condemnation — and his flowers. When his grandchildren visited, helium was speedy to stock with them his hibiscus, camellias and petunias. He shared his crystal collection, specimens helium had grown himself. They besides learned astir the possum helium near scraps for astatine the backmost fence.
He was preceded successful decease by his parents; and his sisters, Melva and Margarett.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia; his sons, Melvin and Flint; his daughter, Rachel; his sisters, Joyce Bush and Gwen Goforth; respective nieces and nephews; and his grandchildren, Walker Orr, Miguel Orr, Olivia Orr, Barra Peak, Eben Peak and Vivian Peak.
Services were held connected Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, astatine the Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 6040 Three Notch Road, Mobile, AL 36619.
Visitation began astatine 11 a.m. and continued until the chapel work began astatine noon.
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