Dorothy Faye Plank (Plainview)

Dorothy Faye Plank, 93, of Plainview, passed away at 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at Prairie House Living Center. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2006 in the chapel of Kornerstone Funeral Directors with Rev. Don Robertson officiating. Interment will follow in Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. Plank was born on October 11, 1913 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas to Walter and Minnie Lee Brewer. She married E.L. Plank on July 27, 1960 in Clovis, New Mexico. He died April 7, 1986. She moved her family to Plainview in 1950 and worked as a waitress for the original Griddle Café for a number of years. Mrs. Plank and her husband co-owned and operated numerous motels in Plainview as well as in other towns. After the death of her husband, Ms. Plank owned and operated the Dublin Shamrock Inn in Dublin, Texas until she retired in 2000 at the age of 87 years. She moved to Granbury with her daughter after her retirement and moved back to Plainview in January of 2006. She is survived by one son, Ben & Pat Thompson of Plainview; two daughters, Dorothy & Joe Hawkins of Granbury and Karen Feagley of Granbury; one brother, Marshall Brewer of Waco; two sisters, Gladys Winters of Mesquite and twin sister Mae Cathey of San Antonio; five grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Her husband, her parents 3 sisters and 3 brothers preceded her in death.