Vernon Ray Pillow (Plainview)

Vernon Pillow, 89, formerly of Plainview passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at the V.A. Medical Center in Amarillo. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, July 7, 2008 at Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. He was born on April 12, 1919 in Vernon, Texas to Lawrence and Henrietta Pillow. His family moved to Plainview in 1928. He worked for Harvest Queen Mill for several years. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Janie Box on June 9, 1942 in Plainview. He began the Vernon Pillow Well Service Company in 1965. They moved to Amarillo in 1972 and he continued in the well service industry until his retirement in 1988. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, John Pillow; three sisters, Clara Towns, Della Pillow, and Ethel Pillow. He is survived by his wife, Janie Pillow of Amarillo; one daughter, Vicke Love and husband Sammy of Amarillo; one sister, Fannie Pillow of Lubbock; one granddaughter, Keisha Stepp of Amarillo.