Obituary

Virginia Pritchard, 83, of Plainview died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in Plainview. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Kornerstone Chapel with Mr. J. Henderson officiating and Mr. Mark Hayes assisting. Interment will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.
Mrs. Pritchard was born on Feb. 1, 1930, in Slaton, Texas, to Ellis Ray and Ina Virginia Harlan. She married Jack Pritchard on Feb. 28, 1947, in Littlefield, Texas. She moved to Littlefield at an early age and graduated from Littlefield High School in 1947. She was a homemaker and was very active in Junior Service League. Mrs. Pritchard was instrumental in starting one of Plainview's first day care centers. She always had a cat and enjoyed traveling with her husband Jack in their motor coach and visited every state but Hawaii. She enjoyed attending Texas Tech football and basketball games with their good friends Bill and Mary Quattlebaum. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two siblings, Ellis Lamar Harlan and Marinell Harlan Burton.
Virginia is survived by her husband Jack Pritchard of Plainview; two sons, Randy Pritchard and wife Cindy of Plainview and Mike Pritchard and wife Rhonda of Glendale, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Brandon Pritchard and wife Shana of Plainview, Brook Goldmeyer and husband Charles of Cypress, Texas, and Dustin Pritchard of Glendale, Ariz.; and six great-grandchildren, Lauren, Cole and Cade Pritchard and Jack, Ella And Nate Goldmeyer.
Memorials may be made to Northwest Church of Christ, 2000 North I-27, Plainview, TX 79072; Plainview Humane Society, 500 S.W. 3rd St., Plainview, TX 79072; or a charity of your choice .
Condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com.
.Published in Plainview Daily Herald from Jan. 22 to Jan. 23, 2014