Brenda Lou "Mimi" Orr

Graveside services for Brenda Lou “Mimi” Orr, age 80, of Frederick, Oklahoma, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Lebanon Cemetery in Lebanon, Oklahoma, with Rev. Roy Ed Vinson, (brother), officiating.

Brenda passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2025, in Lawton, Oklahoma. Burial is under the direction of Orr Gray Gish Funeral Home of Frederick.

Visitation will be held Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Brenda Lou “Mimi” (Vinson) Orr was born May 3, 1945, in Marietta, Oklahoma, to Marshall Grover Vinson and Iva Lorene (Wilkins) Vinson. She attended Marietta schools and graduated from Marietta High School with the Class of 1963. She was united in marriage to Joe Raff Orr on June 9, 1962, at the Lebanon Baptist Church. Following Joe’s military service, the couple made their home in Madill, where they raised their three sons. Brenda devoted herself to her family as a housewife and stay-at-home mom. She was a homemaker, truly embodying the role in every sense of the word. She loved to cook and was well known for her casseroles and desserts. She won several blue ribbons for her chili and enjoyed collecting recipes. Brenda was an avid seamstress, making clothing for herself and her family. She was highly creative and enjoyed many forms of arts and crafts, including sewing, quilting, knitting, latch hooking, looming, embroidery, and painting. She loved plants, gardening, and canning, and especially enjoyed county fairs, entering her creations in as many categories as possible. She enjoyed fishing, water and snow skiing, games, and leisure traveling with Joe.

She was actively involved and supportive of her children’s and grandchildren’s endeavors, whether related to school, extracurricular activities, sports, or church. Brenda faithfully served her church teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and other women’s ministries, and she was a member of First Baptist Church of Madill, Calvary Baptist Church of Tishomingo, and First Baptist Church of Frederick.

After her three sons graduated from college, she began college and earned an Associate’s Degree from Murray State College in Tishomingo, followed by a Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-School/Elementary Education from East Central University in Ada. She worked at the Fran Drummond Day Care Center in Madill and later taught for several years in the Dickson Public Schools.

Joe and Brenda moved to Tishomingo in 1991, and in 2012, they relocated to Frederick. She assisted at the funeral home and enjoyed participating in the Sewing Club, Country Club Ladies, and Bridge Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Raff Orr, on February 24, 2025; her mother, Iva Lorene Vinson, on May 13, 1968; her father, Marshall Grover Vinson, on February 15, 2008; and her sister, Sherry Gail Owens, on October 19, 2015.

She is survived by her three sons: Michael Joe “Mike” Orr and wife Sherry Lou (Barns) Orr of Tulsa; David Alan Orr and wife Paula Kay (Pool) Orr of Grapevine, Texas; and Vinson Neal Orr and wife Cheryl Leigh (Douthit) Orr of Frederick; seven grandchildren: Brittney Michelle (Orr) Morton and husband Phillip Norman Morton; Brandon Michael Orr and wife Desirae Lynn (Riley) Orr; Mikayla Andrea (Orr) Little and husband Austin Ryan Little, all of Ada; Madison Avery (Orr) Edwards and husband Jesse Dylan Edwards of Tuttle, Oklahoma; Caden Paul Orr of Grapevine, Texas; Brooke Nikol Smith and husband Samuel Massey Smith of Oklahoma City, and Paige Lauren Orr of Tulsa; seven great-grandchildren: Olivia Kay Morton, James Oliver Morton, Benjamin Riley Orr, Remington Ryan Little, Rosemary Lou Little, Ridge Easton Edwards, and Wrenley Dylan Edwards; three brothers, Roy Vinson and wife Suzie, Tommy Vinson, both of Enville, Oklahoma, and Jeff Vinson and wife Amy, of Fittstown, Oklahoma; her stepmother Mary Vinson, of Lone Grove, Oklahoma; two stepsisters: Rose Mary Lard and husband Bill, of Duncan, Oklahoma, and Pam Chrisitian, of Ardmore; along with numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 201 E. Grand Avenue, Frederick, OK 73542, or to the Lebanon Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 202, Lebanon, OK 73440, in loving memory of Brenda Orr.