Jimmy Orr, football great from Seneca, dead at 85

Word is spreading today about the death of football legend Jimmy Orr from Seneca.  A funeral home in Orr’s hometown of Brunswick, Georgia has confirmed the death of Orr, a standout with the Seneca Bobcats in the early 1950s, later at the University of Georgia, and then on to a pro career mostly notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Colts.  Orr died last night at the age of 85.  The Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home has scheduled a service Saturday morning in Brunswick.  We’ve learned that arrangements are being made for a subsequent service in Oconee, and 101.7/WGOG NEWS expects details on that shortly.