Concha "Connie" Gonzales
Concha "Connie" Gonzales, 92, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday in Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland, Miss. Visitation: 1 p.m. to service time Friday at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland, Miss. Memorials: The family requests that memorials may be made to The American Heart Association , P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, Texas, 75284 (www.heart.org).
Mrs. Gonzales was born May 29, 1919, in Lemonville to the late Antonio and Juanita Criollos Rocha. Their family members were longtime parishioners at St. Richard's Parrish prior to Connie moving her membership to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison, Miss. Connie enjoyed working as a waitress/hostess for many years. The first was their family-owned business in Jackson, Miss., Mexico Lindo. Mexico Lindo was the first Mexican restaurant in Jackson, Miss. She continued in the restaurant business at Primos Northgate, Holiday Inn, I-55 and Hampton Inn I-55 until her retirement. She was an avid bingo player at the Northside Senior Citizen Center where she enjoyed playing weekly with her daughter, Irene. She was a loving and giving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law who will be missed dearly. Mrs. Gonzales was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel M. Gonzales; son, John Thomas "J.T." Gonzales; brothers, Mingo Rocha and Chema Rocha; and grandson, Eddie Pike.
Survivors: Her sons, Sam Gonzales (Patty) of Manvel, Joseph Gonzales (Lucy) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and David Gonzales (Kim) of Madison, Miss.; daughters, Irene Pike (Charlie) of Clinton, Miss., Louise Scott (Donnie) of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Sykes (George) of Crystal Springs, Miss. She is also survived by her brother, Ventura Rocha of Madrid, Spain; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Published in Star-Telegram on September 8, 2011
Concha "Connie" Gonzales, 92, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday in Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland, Miss. Visitation: 1 p.m. to service time Friday at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland, Miss. Memorials: The family requests that memorials may be made to The American Heart Association , P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, Texas, 75284 (www.heart.org).
Mrs. Gonzales was born May 29, 1919, in Lemonville to the late Antonio and Juanita Criollos Rocha. Their family members were longtime parishioners at St. Richard's Parrish prior to Connie moving her membership to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison, Miss. Connie enjoyed working as a waitress/hostess for many years. The first was their family-owned business in Jackson, Miss., Mexico Lindo. Mexico Lindo was the first Mexican restaurant in Jackson, Miss. She continued in the restaurant business at Primos Northgate, Holiday Inn, I-55 and Hampton Inn I-55 until her retirement. She was an avid bingo player at the Northside Senior Citizen Center where she enjoyed playing weekly with her daughter, Irene. She was a loving and giving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law who will be missed dearly. Mrs. Gonzales was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel M. Gonzales; son, John Thomas "J.T." Gonzales; brothers, Mingo Rocha and Chema Rocha; and grandson, Eddie Pike.
Survivors: Her sons, Sam Gonzales (Patty) of Manvel, Joseph Gonzales (Lucy) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and David Gonzales (Kim) of Madison, Miss.; daughters, Irene Pike (Charlie) of Clinton, Miss., Louise Scott (Donnie) of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Sykes (George) of Crystal Springs, Miss. She is also survived by her brother, Ventura Rocha of Madrid, Spain; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Published in Star-Telegram on September 8, 2011
Concha "Connie" Gonzales
Concha "Connie" Gonzales, 92, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday in Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland, Miss. Visitation: 1 p.m. to service time Friday at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland, Miss. Memorials: The family requests that memorials may be made to The American Heart Association , P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, Texas, 75284 (www.heart.org).
Mrs. Gonzales was born May 29, 1919, in Lemonville to the late Antonio and Juanita Criollos Rocha. Their family members were longtime parishioners at St. Richard's Parrish prior to Connie moving her membership to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison, Miss. Connie enjoyed working as a waitress/hostess for many years. The first was their family-owned business in Jackson, Miss., Mexico Lindo. Mexico Lindo was the first Mexican restaurant in Jackson, Miss. She continued in the restaurant business at Primos Northgate, Holiday Inn, I-55 and Hampton Inn I-55 until her retirement. She was an avid bingo player at the Northside Senior Citizen Center where she enjoyed playing weekly with her daughter, Irene. She was a loving and giving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law who will be missed dearly. Mrs. Gonzales was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel M. Gonzales; son, John Thomas "J.T." Gonzales; brothers, Mingo Rocha and Chema Rocha; and grandson, Eddie Pike.
Survivors: Her sons, Sam Gonzales (Patty) of Manvel, Joseph Gonzales (Lucy) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and David Gonzales (Kim) of Madison, Miss.; daughters, Irene Pike (Charlie) of Clinton, Miss., Louise Scott (Donnie) of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Sykes (George) of Crystal Springs, Miss. She is also survived by her brother, Ventura Rocha of Madrid, Spain; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Published in Star-Telegram on September 8, 2011
Concha "Connie" Gonzales, 92, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday in Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland, Miss. Visitation: 1 p.m. to service time Friday at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland, Miss. Memorials: The family requests that memorials may be made to The American Heart Association , P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, Texas, 75284 (www.heart.org).
Mrs. Gonzales was born May 29, 1919, in Lemonville to the late Antonio and Juanita Criollos Rocha. Their family members were longtime parishioners at St. Richard's Parrish prior to Connie moving her membership to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison, Miss. Connie enjoyed working as a waitress/hostess for many years. The first was their family-owned business in Jackson, Miss., Mexico Lindo. Mexico Lindo was the first Mexican restaurant in Jackson, Miss. She continued in the restaurant business at Primos Northgate, Holiday Inn, I-55 and Hampton Inn I-55 until her retirement. She was an avid bingo player at the Northside Senior Citizen Center where she enjoyed playing weekly with her daughter, Irene. She was a loving and giving sister, wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law who will be missed dearly. Mrs. Gonzales was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel M. Gonzales; son, John Thomas "J.T." Gonzales; brothers, Mingo Rocha and Chema Rocha; and grandson, Eddie Pike.
Survivors: Her sons, Sam Gonzales (Patty) of Manvel, Joseph Gonzales (Lucy) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and David Gonzales (Kim) of Madison, Miss.; daughters, Irene Pike (Charlie) of Clinton, Miss., Louise Scott (Donnie) of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Sykes (George) of Crystal Springs, Miss. She is also survived by her brother, Ventura Rocha of Madrid, Spain; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Published in Star-Telegram on September 8, 2011
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