Background
Orr, Pearl Lee was born on October 27, 1931 in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Woodlief Edgar and Reba Colon (Lee) Marshall.
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Pearl Lee Orr
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Pearl Lee Orr, American emergency management executive. Named Woman of Year, Henderson Junior Woman's Club, 1960. Co-chairman Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; Member of National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management, North Carolina Emergency Management Association (president 1983-1984, state representative 1984-1985, General Edward Foster Griffin award 1984).
Education
D.William Edgar Woodlief and Reba Colon (Lee) Marshall. Diploma, Henderson Business College, 1950. Bookkeeper, Roth-Stewart Company, Henderson, 1961-1962.
Legal secretary Gholson & Gholson, Henderson, 1962-1966;secretary Henderson-Vance Company Civil Defense, Henderson, 1966-1978, coordinator Henderson-Vance Company, emergency management, 1978. Officer, chairman Junior Woman's Club, Henderson, 1957-1966. Ex-officio member of advisory council Region K, Emergency Medical Services, 1985.
Named Woman of Year, Henderson Junior Woman's Club, 1960. Co-chairman Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (local emergency planning committee, 1987), North Carolina Emergency Management Association (General Edward Foster Griffin award 1984. President 1983-1984, state representative 1984-1985), National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management.
Career
Bookkeeper Roth-Stewart Company, Henderson, 1961—1962. Legal secretary Gholson & Gholson, 1962—1966. Secretary Henderson-Vance Company Civil Defense, 1966—1978.
Coordinator, emergency management Henderson-Vance Company, since 1978. Officer, chairman Junior Woman's Club, Henderson, 1957—1966. Ex-officio member advisory council Region K, Emergency Medical Services, since 1985.
Politics
A member of a Christian Church should support all social initiatives having a purpose to maintain and strengthen well-being and progress of the whole community and its members.
Views
All Christians can seek to create a way of life deliberately designed to overcome evil with good and to promote justice for all.
Membership
Co-chairman Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Member of National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management, North Carolina Emergency Management Association (president 1983-1984, state representative 1984-1985, General Edward Foster Griffin award 1984).
Interests
Connections
Married Elmer Roscoe Orr, August 24, 1949. Children: Susan Lee Orr Rexrode, William Roscoe.
