Orb Painting

O. R. B. PAINTING WAS STARTED IN 1947 BY THREE MEN USING THE FIRST LETTER OF THEIR LAST NAMES- ORLIE, ROBERTSON, BAILEY. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS TWO OF THE MEN LEFT FOR GREENER PASTURES AND BY 1949 THE COMPANY HAD SOLD TO LEE FRANKLIN AND THE NAME WAS CHANGED FROM O. R. B. TO ORB PAINTING. MR FRANKLIN'S SON, BOBBY, TOOK OVER IN 1960. BOBBY REALIZED THERE WERE LOTS OF PAINTERS BUT FEW WHO DID GOOD WORK & EVEN FEWER WHO HAD THE NEEDED KNOWLEDGE OF PAINT. HE THEN EMBARKED ON A QUEST FOR A BETTER PAINT JOB. HE SAW THE NEED FOR A COMPANY FURNISHING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY FOR DISCRIMINATING HOMEOWNERS. HEALTH PROBLEMS FORCED BOBBY TO HAND THE REINS TO HANK JOHNSON IN 1990. IN 2005 BOBBY RETURNED PART TIME AND IN 2007 A COUPLE OF LONG TIME LITTLE ROCK PAINTERS SIGNED ON.