Angel Horton

A rosary will be recited for Angel Horton at 7:00 pm, Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Anderson Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory. A funeral mass will be celebrated for Angel at 1:00 pm, December 6, 2010 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Father Charlie Martinez O.F.M. officiating. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1:00 pm until after the rosary. Angel passed away November 30, 2010 in Roswell. Angel loved all his family and friends. He was always joking around and smiling. He liked to go fishing, work on cars, fix stereos and listening to music. He was a jack of all trades, master of none. Angel would ask his son “Did you have a good day at school today?” He is survived by his wife Jolie Horton; two sons, Nick and Shorty; four brothers, Alexis, Gabriel and his wife Christie , Jesus Anaya, and Ramon and his wife Sara; his mother Kathy Horton and Monico Carrabajal; his step dad Jose Rivera; mother in law Ruby Gonzales; two brothers in law J.D. Gonzales and Carmen and Juan and Tierra Gonzales; two sisters in law, Chrissy Singleton and Lamaar and Kathleen Trujillo; two grandmothers Soccoro Anaya and Fernanda Horton; nine aunts Cruz Dilliard, Rachel Anaya and Paul, Eloisa Anaya, Carman Anaya, Nancy Garcia and Buddy, Rose Hernandez, Juanita Rubio and Vicente, Fernanda Garcia and Mark, Sally Chavez, Frances Horton and Ruben; five uncles, Rene Anaya, Adan Horton, Phillip Navarette and Augustin Horton and Esther. Angel was preceded in death by his dad Ramon “Ray” Anaya, his great grandparents, Gabriel and Macela Anaya and Antonio and Carmen Analla and his grandfather Felipe Horton and his aunt Mary Lou Horton. Pallbearers will be Gabriel, Ramon and Clayton Horton, Phillip “Philley” Navarette, Julian Garcia, Raul Perales, Daniel Gladu, and Mark Garcia. Honorary pallbearers will be Crystal Vigil, April Horton, Weda (Josephine) Horton, June, Brandy, Nicole, Danielle, Amber, Michaela Horton, Matthew Anaya, Jazmine and Reyna Maes, Camilla Navarette, Jennifer Moreno and children Roderick and Alliyhal Sedillo. Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory. Tomorrow Starts Without Me When tomorrow starts without me, And I’m not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears for me, I wish so much you wouldn’t cry The way you did today, While thinking of the many things, We didn’t get to say. I know how much you love me, As much as I love you, And each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too. But when tomorrow starts without me, Please try to understand, That an angel came and called my name, And took me by the hand, And said my place was ready, In heaven far above, And that I’d have to leave behind All those I dearly love. But as I turned to walk away, A tear fell from my eye For all my life, I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die. I had so much to live for, So much left yet to do, It seemed almost impossible, That I was leaving you. I thought of all the yesterdays The good ones and the bad, I thought of all the love we shared, And all the fun we had If I could re-live yesterday Just even for a while, I’d say good-bye and kiss you And maybe see you smile. But then fully realized, That this could never be, For emptiness and memories, Would take the place of me. And when I thought of worldly things, I might miss come tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did, My heart was filled with sorrow. But when I walked through heaven’s gates, I felt so much at home When God looked down and smiled at me, From His great golden throne. He said, “This is eternity, And all I’ve promised you.” Today your life on earth is past, But here life starts anew I promise no tomorrow, But today will always last, And since each day’s the same way There’s no longing for the past. You have been so faithful, So trusting and so true. Though there were times You did some things You knew you shouldn’t do. But you have been forgiven And now at last you’re free. So won’t you come and take my hand And share my life with me? So when tomorrow starts without me, Don’t think we’re far apart, For every time you think of me, I’m right here, in your heart.

Angel Horton

April 8, 1982 - November 30, 2010