Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pillow, George E., 1984 

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GEORGE ELLIS PILLOW

GEORGE E. PILLOT OF FRANKLIN DIES
Times-Dispatch state staff

   FRANKLIN - George Ellis Pillow, president of Bristow Insurance and Realty 
Corp. until his retirement in 1974, died yesterday.  He was 84.

   He was a founder and for 13 years president of the board of directors of 
Southampton Academy, a private school, in Courtland.  He was a board member 
at the time of his death.

   He was past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, and earlier this year 
was made a Rotary fellow for his 50 years of service.  He was past president 
and board member of the former Raiford Memorial, later Southampton, Hospital.

   Mr. Pillow was chairman of the board of stewards of Franklin High Street 
United Methodist Church.

   He was a former president of Franklin Playgrounds Inc., an organization 
that built playgrounds and swimming pools in Franklin.  He also was a former 
member of Forks of the River Ruritan Club.

   Formerly of Richmond but a Franklin resident most of his life, in 1959 he 
was given the First Citizen Award by the Franklin Business and Professional 
Women’s Club for his contributions to the community.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nelle Bristow Pillow; a daughter, Mrs. 
Nancy P. Bachman of Athens, Ga.; and a son, George E. Pillow Jr., of Virginia 
Beach.

   A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Poplar Spring 
Cemetery in Franklin.


George Ellis PILLOW, retired Franklin businessman, 
founder & board member of Southampton Academy, 
formerly of Richmond, d. 31 Oct 1984, age 84, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 11*), Franklin, 
   2 Nov 1984, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Nov. 1, 1984, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 22, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400g3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 12, 1956, Sect. I, p. 8), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400l4ob.txt 


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