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Submitted: 1/30/22 • Approved: 1/31/22 • Last Updated: 2/3/22 • R485850-G0-S3
February 13, 1912-March 12, 2000
*Photo, courtesy of M. Bishop
*Information, courtesy of Beth
*Obituary
COLORADO CITY RECORD
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000
Mr. Ben Garcia, age 88, died Sunday, March 12, 2000, in a local care facility. Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 at Saint Ann's Catholic Church. Burial followed in Mitchell County Cemetery, under direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.
Mr. Garcia was born February 13, 1912 in Elgin, Texas and had been a resident of Colorado City since 1947. He married Alice Rodriguez in Gonzales, Texas on February 2, 1939. He was a retired farmer and a member of Saint Ann's Catholic Church. He is preceded in death by three sons, Jesse Garcia, Joe Garcia and Ben Garcia, Jr, also two brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Garcia of Dothan, Alabama; four daughters, Andrea Espinoza, Mary Rodriguez, both of Colorado City, Frances Aldarere and Sylvia Garcia, bot of Dothan, Alabama; two sons, David Garcia of Colorado City and Lupe Garcia of Dothan, Alabama; 22 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Contributed on 1/30/22 by neldapat
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