Obituary

Mejia, Jose A.

Jos? A. Mejia, 62, of Plainview, passed away on May 24, 2017, with his loved ones by his side.

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Lemons Memorial Chapel with Oscar Chavez officiating. Interment will follow at Plainview Cemetery under the personal care of Lemons Funeral Home.

The family will receive visitors from 6:00-7:30 on Monday, May 29, 2017 in the Lemons Memorial Chapel.

Jos? was born December 11, 1954, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Having lost both of his parents by the age of 12, he travelled to Texas on foot all alone. He found ranch after ranch where he worked hard to make money. He met Maria Barbosa-Luna in 1981 and they married in Edinburg. She was a single mother raising six children and he embraced them all as his own. He was a kind-hearted, loving, devoted husband and father. He enjoyed fishing and sharing that with his family. One of his favorite past-times was having coffee with his friends every day at McDonalds. His gentle spirit and friendship will be missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one grandson and one great-grandson.

Those left to cherish his memory are his bride and companion of over 36 years, Maria, of the home; three daughters, Rosaysela Pedroza and Cenaida Campos and husband Robert, all of Plainview and Elizabeth Pedroza of Amarillo; three sons, Reymundo Pedroza of Tulia, Margarito Pedroza of Plainview and Manuel Pedroza and wife Melissa of O?Donnell and 13 grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother and one sister.