Raymond Lynn Pillion, 67, a resident of Irving, Texas since 1981, died March 4, 2011 at a Dallas hospital. Born May 23, 1943, in Joliet, Illinois, he was the son of Joseph Lynn Pillion and Dorothy Mahoney Pillion. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He married Linda Gail Jones, April 19, 1980, in Texarkana, Arkansas. A retired salesman, he enjoyed boating, camping, and fishing. Preceded in death by his father, he is survived by his wife, Linda, of Irving; his children, Thomas Pillion and wife Kimberley of Joliet, Illinois, Clayton Pillion and wife Cydnie of Gilbert, Arizona, Bradford Pillion of Vacaville, California, and Christina Pillion and fianc Robert Carey of McKinney, Texas; his mother Dorothy Pillion of Morris, Illinois; brothers Robert Pillion and wife Arla of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Richard Pillion of Arizona; sisters, Rita Slattery and husband Ray of Joliet, Illinois and Mary Ann Leasure and husband Robert of Morris, Illinois; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth, Kaitlynn, Anderson, Kendrick, Garrett, Ella, and Kyla; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 2:00 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home, 606 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. The funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel. Elder Bryce Lowrance will officiate. Graveside service with military honors will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Old Union Cemetery in Simms, Texas, west of Texarkana.