Vernon Orby Ramsower (Plainview)

Vernon Orby Ramsower, 80, of Plainview, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Plainview, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Mr. Kim Hays officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mr. Ramsower was born April 11, 1928 in Cisco, Texas. He graduated from Plainview High School and married Peggy Joy Jordan in 1950 in Plainview. He then served during the Korean Conflict and returned home as an electrician and began farming in 1954. He manufactured farm equipment and enjoyed inventing various machinery parts including a water well pump jack. He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Jordan Ramsower; his parents, Orby and Ruby Ramsower; and sister, Veta Garrett. Survivors include his two sons, Rod Ramsower of Lubbock, Brad Ramsower of Plainview; brother and sister-in-law, Rex and Ethel Ramsower of Plainview; a sister, Fern Siefert of Fredericksburg, Texas; two grandchildren, Brent Ramsower of Plainview, Vennessa Wood of Lubbock; and one great granddaughter, Andy Wood of Lubbock.