Obituary of Mary Lou Esparza-Soliz

Funeral Mass services for Mary Lou Esparza-Soliz, 63, Arp, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 17 a the Cottle Funeral Home Chapel, Troup with Father Dan Daughtery officiating. Burial will be in the Pinecrest Cemetery, Troup. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm Friday, June 16, in the Cottle Funeral Home chapel. Mrs. Esparza-Soliz died Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in a Tyler hospital. She was born August 16, 1942. She moved to Arp in 1988 from Troup. She was a homemaker and a Catholic. Mrs. Soliz was preceded in death by a son, Noe Esparza in 1987 and by her husband of 31 years, Eloy Soliz, Sr. on April 10, 2005. Survivors include a son, Manuel Esparza, Jr., Arp; two daughters and a son-in-law, Elma Esparza, Arp and Mary and Martin Gonzales, Canyon; a brother, Francisco Zuniga; three sisters, Idalia Ramirez, Rita Cardenas and her husband, Santiago Cardenas, Jr., and Maria Isabel Silva; four grandchildren, Gabriela Esparza, Christopher Gonzales, Stephanie Gonzales, Johnny Ray Gonzales; and, numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Lino Estrada Jr., Roel Alonzo, Martin Gonzales, Christopher Gonzales, Johnny Ray Gonzales, and Santiago Cardenas, Jr. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.