Carmen Lee Orr

May 12, 1969 - June 9, 2019

Carmen Lee Orr was born in Waycross, GA on May 12, 1969 and passed way at her home in Dunwoody, GA on Friday, June 9, 2019. She was a life-long member of First United Methodist Church of Jonesville, VA. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, David and Virginia Jones and her paternal grandparents, Burleson and Maude Orr, all of Jonesville, VA, along with multiple extended family members. Carmen is survived by her parents, Patti and Carl Orr of Jonesville, VA; one sister, Kathy Ann Orr of Boones Creek, TN and many living aunts, uncles, and cousins. Carmen graduated as Salutatorian of Jonesville High School Class of 1987. She attended the University of Tennessee and graduated Magna Cum Laude earning a Bachelor’s Degree from the UT College of Nursing in the spring of 1992. After successful completion of the American National Nursing Board Examination, she practiced as a Registered Nurse in Tennessee and Georgia while continuing to obtain further study and certifications. She became a CRNA Operating Room Nurse specializing in Orthopedics and was, at the time of her death, an employee of the Emory Health Care System, Atlanta, GA. Graveside services will be held at Lee Memorial Gardens on Friday, June 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Layne Pennington, minister of First United Methodist Church of Jonesville and Carmen’s uncle, Paul Douglas Orr, assistant pastor at First Baptist Church of Jonesville, officiating. Friends and family members are asked to meet at the cemetery at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the church, charity or animal rescue charity of your choice.