Mary Jane ORR

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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          Birth: Mar 3, 1887
    Christening: 
          Death: Oct 17, 1945 - Buncombe Co, N.C.
         Burial: in Green Hill Cemetery, Buncombe County NC
 Cause of Death: 

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Events

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1. OBITUARY, Death, Oct 17, 1945 in Biltmore, Buncombe Co, NC

Times-News Hendersonville, NC, North Carolina, Thursday, Oct 18, 1945
Death Claims - Mrs J.O. Butler
Mrs. Janie Orr Butler, Widow of D.P. Butler, died in Biltmore last night. Funeral service
will be held here but arrangements have not yet been completed.

Times-News Hendersonville, NC, Saturday, Oct 20, 1945
Butler Funeral Rites on Sunday

Funeral Services for Mrs. Janie Orr Butler, widow of D.P. Butler, who died Wednesday night in Biltmore will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Brownlow Chapel. The Rev. Rogers, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church will
officiate.
Pallbearers are W.H. Starnes, H.D. Mitchell, B.J. Buckner, N.A. James, Carl Allen, and Cecil Jackson.

Surviving are three sons: J.P.Butler of Miami, Billy Butler of Biltmore and Harold
Butler of Tennessee; a brother Ulysses M. Orr of Hendersonville; five sisters, Minnie G. Gilreath, and Mrs. Walter Newman of Hendersonville, Mrs. Josie Love of Aberdeen, Wash., Mrs. Pauline Harpole of Coupeville, Wash. and Ollie Wilson of Hoquin, Wash. who arrived here shortly before Mrs. Butler's death.

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Parents

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         Father: Thomas Ferdinan ORR (1857-1912)
         Mother: Eugenia Eveline COX (1860-1902)

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Doc Preston BUTLER (Jan 10, 1870 - Oct 4, 1942)
       Marriage: Feb 2, 1908
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Preston BUTLER (1908-1981)
                2. Charles Leonard BUTLER (1912-      )
                3. William Leon BUTLER (1918-1994)
                4. Elizabeth Eugenia BUTLER (1923-1925)
                5. Harold BUTLER (      -      )

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Notes

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General:

Notes: Janet Butler-Stephens (Mar 21, 1946-) granddaughter.

Janie Orr Butler was my father's (William Leon Butler) mother.
I was born in the spring of 1946, after she died in 1945.

Janie Orr Butler went to live with my parents in Wilmington, NC during World War II. They lived
in a one bedroom apartment all three of them till they could be assigned a two bedroom. My father worked as a welder in the shipyard and my mother worked as head bookkeeper at Camp David.
There was little heat for the apartment and everything was rationed at that time. I understand that Jamie Orr Butler's health was fragile after her husband died in 1942. She died of Heart Failure.

Janie Orr Butler was a dietitian at the dairy on the Biltmore Estate Dairy when my father was
growing up. They actually lived on the estate in a home provided for them.

I have a burgundy vase that was given to Janie Orr Butler at a Christmas party given by the Vanderbilt for their employees.
I have photos of Janie Orr Butler and a hall table that was in her home.