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==Personal life==
 
==Personal life==
 
Orr and his wife, the former Myrtis Chandler (1924-2022), a native of Choudrant in Lincoln Parish and a former home economics teacher, had two daughters, Virginia Orr Rice of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], the widow of Ed Rice, and Marilyn Orr Hyams and husband Bill of Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/obituaries/mns054105|title=Myrtis Chandler Orr obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=November 20, 2022|accessdate=November 21, 2022}}</ref> The couple was active in the Temple Baptist Church in Ruston, where he was at times a [[Sunday school]] teacher and a [[deacon]].<ref name=rdl/> The Louisiana Tech Alumni Association awarded Myrtis Orr with the Tower Medallion in 2018, which her husband had received in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spark.adobe.com/page/bN1pd2IrOWrjy/|title=Myrtis Orr Joins Hall of Distinguished Alumni|publisher=The Tenent|date=April 2018|accessdate=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
 
Orr and his wife, the former Myrtis Chandler (1924-2022), a native of Choudrant in Lincoln Parish and a former home economics teacher, had two daughters, Virginia Orr Rice of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], the widow of Ed Rice, and Marilyn Orr Hyams and husband Bill of Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/obituaries/mns054105|title=Myrtis Chandler Orr obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=November 20, 2022|accessdate=November 21, 2022}}</ref> The couple was active in the Temple Baptist Church in Ruston, where he was at times a [[Sunday school]] teacher and a [[deacon]].<ref name=rdl/> The Louisiana Tech Alumni Association awarded Myrtis Orr with the Tower Medallion in 2018, which her husband had received in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spark.adobe.com/page/bN1pd2IrOWrjy/|title=Myrtis Orr Joins Hall of Distinguished Alumni|publisher=The Tenent|date=April 2018|accessdate=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
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