Dora Garcia

Memorial services will be held for Dora J. Garcia, 79, of Roswell at 7 pm Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 at Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Richard Grisham officiating. Burial will be held Thursday at 10 am in South Park Cemetery. Dora J. Garcia was born on November 13, 1932 in Roswell, NM to Jesus Jose Jimenez and Soledad Espinoza Jimenez. She was called home by her Heavenly Father on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in Clovis, NM, with her loving daughter and lifelong companion Rita there with her. She worked as missionary for the Southern Baptist Church was a foster parent to over forty children, loved her Lord and spending time with all her family. Dora made Jesus her Lord and Savior at the very young age of 11 since that day she faithfully and lovingly served him with all of her life and heart. She answered the Lord’s calling to be a missionary as a young teenager. She will always be remembered as a woman of great faith, and upstanding integrity and character to those who knew her. It was a cousin’s wedding, where young Dora Jimenez met her future husband, Lazaro Garcia another young servant of the Lord, from Raymondville, TX. Dora and Lazaro were married on June 28, 1952 in Roswell, NM (they had just celebrated their 60th anniversary this past summer) and so began their life together as not only husband and wife, but also Southern Baptist Missionaries to the Hispanic communities of West Texas and parts of Colorado. She worked in children and in youth ministries for over 60 years. Dora was preceded in death by her parents, Jesus Jose Jimenez and Soledad Espinoza Jimenez; her son, Lazaro Garcia Jr., her daughter, Eunice Ruth Garcia (both died in infancy) brothers, Daniel E. Jimenez and David E. Jimenez, who all welcomed her home Saturday. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Lazaro Garcia; her children, Concesa Iris Arriola and her husband Tony of Harrisburg, PA; Jorge Garcia and his wife, Patricia of Houston, TX; Joe Michael Garcia and his wife, Mary of Cedar Hill, MO; Ruth Trevino of Hayden, CO; James and Rita Garcia of Roswell; two brothers, Joe and his wife, Katy and Gilbert Jimenez and his wife, Patty of Roswell; three sisters, Delia Hernandez and her husband, Steve of Roswell; Domitila McCarty and her husband, Bill of Longview, WA; Dalila Quadros of Roswell and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Gilbert Jimenez, Joe Jimenez, John Trevino, James Garcia, Mike Garcia and Steve Mason. Honorary will be David Walter Jimenez, Steve Ortega, David Castro, Urbano Ordonez, Jorge Garcia and E. Garcia Sr. Mom’s favorite color was red-the color of her Savior’s soul-cleansing blood. The family asks that red be worn in lieu of black, in her honor and loving memory. Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

Dora Garcia

November 13, 1932 - October 6, 2012