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Mr. Homer Alex Orr, 77, of Troy passed away 1:45 a.m. Sunday, January 4, 2015, at his home.

Funeral services will be conducted 12:00 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Jeff Bell and Wilford Mobley will officiate. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 10:30 a.m. until the hour of services Tuesday.

Pallbearers will be Lowell Grooms, Joe Johnson, Jeff Jackson, Daniel Huey, Totsie Parker, Guy Walker Gray, Bill Garrett and Wesley Jackson.

Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.

Mr. Orr was born January 14, 1937, in Obion County, son of the late Willie B. and Mary Nell (Williams) Orr. He married Betty (Mayse) Orr June 14, 1958. She survives. He had been employed at the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City for 29 years and was a member of Bishop Street Church of Christ.

He is also survived by two sons, Ricky Allen Orr of Troy and Steven Orr of Gadsden, Alabama; his sister, Faye Vaughn of Nesbitt, Mississippi; two granddaughters, Hailey Brooke Orr and Demi Blaire Orr, both of Troy; his sister-in-law, Arline Orr of Tiptonville; and several nieces and nephews.

He was also preceded in death by his mother-in-law, Elva Mayse; his granddaughter, Stevie Grace Orr; two brothers, Ralph Orr and Jack Orr; and his sister, Martha Taylor.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home (731) 885-1033