Jacqueline Weaver

WEAVER, Mrs. Jacqueline Ludie Orr - Age 85, died Friday, July 2, 2010 at Providence Park Hospital. The family hour will be Friday, July 9, 2010, at 10 AM, at Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2110 Lippincott, with Memorial service under the auspices of the Flint, Alumni Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and funeral service commencing immediately at 11 AM. A brief reception in the Church parlor will follow services, after which Interment in River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 AM Friday. Mrs. Weaver now lies in state in the Chapel of the Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with suggested visitation Thursday, July 8, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. The Links, Inc., Flint Area Chapter will conduct a memorial service at 7:15 PM during visitation. Mrs. Jacqueline Orr Weaver was born October 17, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to William Orr, Sr. and Ludie Pairs Orr. Mrs. Weaver attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee where she met her future husband, Flint resident, Wrex Alger Weaver, Jr., a dental student at Meharry Medical College. Dr. and Mrs. Weaver married in 1945. Mrs. Weaver graduated from Fisk University, in 1947, with a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in chemistry. She later received her Master’s degree in Education from Eastern Michigan University. Mrs. Weaver was a member of Quinn Chapel AME Church for over 60 years. She also was a Title I Math Instructor at Manley School, serving the students at Manley Elementary School until her retirement in 1992. Mrs. Weaver served on the boards of the Urban League of Flint, and the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. She was a member of the Auxiliary of the National Dental Association, the Genesee County Dental Auxiliary, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Zeta Beta Omega Chapter, and the Links, Inc., Flint Area Chapter. She leaves to cherish her memory: two daughters, Lynn Estelle Weaver (Jack Pitts), Lisa Janice Weaver Cobbs (William); one son, Dr. Wrex Alger Weaver, III (Karen); four grandchildren, William Cecil Cobbs, IV, Adrienne Marie Weaver, Alanna Nicole Weaver, and Douglass Quentin McAfee; brother, William H. Orr, Jr.; sister, Oligon Bradbury (Emmett); niece and nephews, Ludie C. Bradbury, Emmett Bradbury, and William H. Orr, III; and many beloved family and friends. Mrs. Weaver was preceded in death by her beloved husband of over 50 years, Dr. Wrex Alger Weaver, Jr.; parents Mr. and Mrs. William (Ludie) H. Orr, Sr., and brother Robert E. Orr. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Fisk University in Mrs. Weaver’s name c/o Mrs. Lisa Weaver Cobbs, 28075 Hickory Drive, Farmington Hills, MI 48331.

Jacqueline Weaver

October 17, 1925 - July 2, 2010