Mother Orpha
Posted by Tasha on June 27th, 2011 in Nightlife
The 1970 Cole’s Cross Reference Directory — an avocado-green volume in the corner of the fourth floor of Central Library — lists 112 W. Fourth St. as the home of Orpha’s Lounge. Upstairs, at 110 ½, was Orpha’s Hotel. On the same page, there’s a number for Oral Roberts University and its Dial-A-Prayer line, and a listing for the Orpheum Building. There’s also a personal address tucked among the commerce listings: Orpha Satterfield. She’s been dead more than 10 years, but she continues to receive mail at the address.
Read the rest of the story at This Land Press.
Photo by Matt Phipps for This Land Press
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1 Comment to Mother Orpha
Margaret Kaufman
On May 10, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Tashsha, You are amazing! You are very talented and I am impressed by your research into Orpha’s life. Your article was fun to read. There were a few comments that I would disagree with but for the most part, the information is correct. You blew my mind by the amount of information you acquired. How did you get all this information? I am impressed!!!!!
Orpha was my grandmother and I adored her. She is missed.
Margaret