02-05-03
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Jimmie Ray Maseda
Jimmie
Ray Maseda, 50, of Port Lavaca, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003.
Maseda was born March 29, 1952 in Port Lavaca, the son of the late
Arthur Maseda Sr. and Tommie Lara Maseda. He was a carpenter and an auto
and motorcycle mechanic. He was a retired member of the U. S. Marine Corp.
and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired as a private first class. He
was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnamese Service
Medal with one star, the Rifle Marksman Badge and good conduct medal.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Pvt.
Robert Maseda.
Survivors include his wife, Ninfa Heysquierdo
Maseda of Port Lavaca; two daughters, Jennifer Ray Taylor of Houston and
Jessica Ray Witt of Port Lavaca; two sons, Jimmy Ray Maseda and Jonny Ray
Maseda, both of Port Lavaca; four sisters, Judy Pizana of Victoria, Olga
Maseda, Yolanda Ybarra and Evelyn Hysquierdo, all of Port Lavaca; a
brother, Arthur Maseda Jr. of Houston; and seven grandchildren.
A
rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Artero Memorial
Chapels. Visitation began at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A funeral
Mass will be recited at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 at Our Lady of the Gulf
Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Port Lavaca Cemetery. Military
honors will be under Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4403.
Pallbearers will be Joe Franco, Jessie “Jaybird” Williams, Ismo
Garza, Ritchie Salinas, Alonzo Lara, Robert Lee Parker, Dwayne Collins and
Raymond Perez.
Honorary pallbearers were Daniel Lopez, Juan Perez,
Juan Luna, Rick Escobar, Tony Rodriguez, Richard Torres, Abel Narvaez Sr.,
Glenn Prince, Joe Galindo and Robert Valadez.
The floral committee
includes Lily Anna Taylor, Olivia Grace Taylor, Brandon Ray Maseda, Jared
Ray Maseda, Dismas Ray Maseda, Justin Ray Garcia and Colvin Ray Witt.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Artero Memorial
Chapels, 827 W. Austin, 552-2300.
Robert ‘Buckwheat’ McGinnis
Robert “Buckwheat” McGinnis, 74, of Port
O’Connor, died on Friday, Jan. 31, 2003.
He was born in San
Antonio on April 8, 1928, the son of the late Robert L. McGinnis and
Bonnie McClillin McGinnis. He was married to the late Alice N. Jones
McGinnis, who died in 1995. He was a retired welder.
In addition
to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his sister, Francis
Tripp.
Survivors include three daughters, Linda Brown and Bonnie
Ward of Port O’Connor and Pennie Furlow of Shelbyville; his companion
Alberta Slaven of Port O’Connor, 11 grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Richardson-Colonial Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial followed at 4 p.m. at the Port O’Connor Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of
Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home, 552-2988.