Zellie Orr

Background

Orr, Zellie was born on May 12, 1951 in Holly Ridge, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Lucille Rainey.

Education

Student, Los Angeles City College, 1970—1971. Student, University California, Northridge, 1971—1973. Certified, Airline Schools Pacific, 1974.

Certified, CMLS Institute, 1979. Master of Arts in Human Letters, University Metaphysics, 1983.

Career

Personal lines underwriter Kemper Insurance Company, Los Angeles, 1976—1978, Commercial Union Insurance Company, Atlanta, 1980—1982, Moore Group insurance Company, Atlanta, 1982—1985. Licensed real estate agent Wofford Realty, Riverdale, 1979—1981. Owner Traffic Jam Lounge and Restaurant, Sunflower, 1986—1989.

Documentation specialist Windsor Group, Atlanta, 1989—2001, member billing and collection management system, 1991. President, founder Communications Unlimited, Austell, since 1995. Historian Atlanta Chapter Tvskegee Airman Inc.

Executive vice president Healthy Indiana Plan. Vice president research development Southern Root & Silver Wing Coalition Inc. Member research board advisors American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992—1993.

Achievements

• Zellie Orr has been listed as a notable entrepreneur, educator, writer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-organizer Sunflower County Civil Rights and Community Reunion, Indianola, 1999. Founder Charles E. Scattergood Memorial Foundation, Marietta, Georgia, 2000. Member Southern Poverty Law Center, Habitat for Humanity, Feed the Children.

Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of Female Executives, American Metaphys. Drs. Association, National Trust History Preservation, National Museum Women in Arts, International Society Poets, National Black Master of Business Administration Association.

Interests

• Stamp collecting/philately, reading, coin collecting/numismatics, antiques, chess.

Connections

Married Foster G. Orr Junior, February 28, 1976 (divorced July 14, 1998). Children: Kai A., Nia Haley.

Father:

Leonard Rainey

Mother:

Lucille Rainey

Spouse:

Foster G. Orr Junior

child:

Nia Haley Orr

child:

Kai A. Orr