The history of Orlean Puckett: turning loss into a legacy of life

Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Throughout my life, I’ve heard numerous positive affirmations about giving back, paying it forward and so on. On a few occasions, I have been blessed to see some of those statements play out in the lives of others. However, the story of Orlean Puckett is one that should be remembered long into the future. Puckett was born around 1844, in Surry County, NC. She married her husband, John, in 1860, and they had their first child, Julia Ann, in 1862