In Memory of ...... my Aunt Lucia affectionatly known to all as Tia Lucha(my dads only sister)

You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your kids,your grandchildren and those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!

Daughter Lucia Benavidez was born on 10-1-1926 to Natividad Benavidez and Ramon Pedro Benavidez of Brooks County.

Spouse: Aniceto Villarreal. Aniceto Villarreal and Lucha Benavidez were married.

Aniceto Villarreal's Parents: Natividad Villarreal and Viviana Ramirez. Natividad VILLARREAL died before July 10, 1966.
Spouse: Viviana Ramirez. Natividad Villarreal and Viviana RAMIREZ were married.
Children were: Baltazar Villarreal
Albina Villarreal
Natividad Villarreal
Conrado Villarreal
Aniceto Villarreal
Esperanza Villarreal
Romana Villarreal.

ENCINO - Lucia B. Villarreal, a homemaker, died June 24, 2006. She was 79.

Survivors include a daughter, Nelda Villarreal of Alice; two sons, Noel Villarreal of Encino and Oscar Benavidez of Corpus Christi; a sister, Carolina Benavidez of Encino; three brothers, Chris Benavidez of Encino, Felix Benavidez of Austin and Domingo Benavidez of San Antonio; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. June 26 at Howard-Williams-Turcotte Funeral Home, Falfurrias. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. June 27 at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Martinez Cemetery.

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Great Niece: Violet Bredna Benavidez Orosco
Great Nephew: Michael Brandon Benavidez Hernandez

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Great Great Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother -
Gregorio Benavidez.
Spouse: Ana Maria de la Garza. Gregorio Benavidez and Ana Maria de la Garza were married. Children were: Dionicio Benavidez.

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Great Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother -
Dionicio Benavidez.
Parents: Gregorio Benavidez and Ana Maria de la Garza.
Spouse: Maria Rita de la Garza. Dionicio Benavidez and Maria Rita de la Garza were married. Children were: Simon Benavidez.

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Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother -
Simon Benavidez.In about 1880 they moved to Encino, Tx
Parents: Dionicio Benavidez and Maria Rita de la GARZA.
Spouse: Ramona Pena was from Cadereyta,N.L.. Simon Benavides and Ramona Pena were married. Children were: Domingo Benavidez, Pedro Benavidez, Rita Benavidez , Prajedis Benavidez.

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Great Grandfather and Grandmother -
Pedro Benavidez Born: May 31, 1986 and Died: June 19, 1944 Encino, Texas.
Spouse: Dorotea Abrego - Born: February 5, 1882 Died: July 22, 1937 in Encino, Texas , she had one son, Ramon Parents: Simon Benavidez and Ramona Pena. Pedro Benavidez and Dorotea Abrego were married.

Their Children:
1. Rosario Benavidez – No dates
2. Santiago Benavidez – No dates
3. Clara Benavidez – Spouse: Julio Huerta. Julio Huerta and Clara
Benavidez were married. Children were: Ramon Huerta,
Estella Huerta, Margarita Huerta, Julia Huerta.
4. Bonifacio Benavidez – Born: June 5, 1910 Died: January
14,1936
5. Maximo Benavidez – Born: May 29, 1917 Died: December
28, 1934
6. Domingo Benavidez – Died: April 30, 1931
7. Alejandra Benavidez – Spouse: Alberto Garcia. Alberto Garcia and Alejandra Benavidez were married. She was born 1919, Brooks County, Texas, USA and died Nov. 4, 2010 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA.
8. Andrea Benavidez – was born on February 7, 1913. She
died on June 14, 1932 in Falfurrias, Brooks County, TX,
9. Carmen Benavidez - Born: July 10, 1925 - Encino, Tx
Died: December 24, 1938 – Encino, Tx
10. Efrain Benavidez - No dates
11. Simon Benavidez - Spouse: Ernestina Yzaguirre. Simon Benavidez and
Ernestina Yzaguirre were married. Died: November 17,
2008 – Victoria,Tx – Married: Petra Ibarra. Their son is Gilberto Benavidez and his son is Christopher Benavidez.
12. Apolonia Benavidez – was born on March 10, 1908 in
Encino, Brooks County, TX, USA. She died on February
15, 1938 in Encino, Brooks County, TX, Spouse: Jose Garcia Ramos. Jose Garcia Ramos and
Apolonia Benavidez were married. Children were: Luisa
Maria Garcia, Jose (Pache) Garcia, Leonel Garcia, Lupe
Garcia.
13. Praxedis Benavidez – Prajedis Benavidez. Spouse:Tiburcio Hernandez.
Tiburcio Hernandez and Prajedis Benavidez were married.
Born: July 21, 1915 Died: April 11, 1942 – Married:
Tiburcio Hernandez
14. Ramon Pedro Benavidez – October 17, 1900 Died: April 18, 1987 – Married: Natividad Benavidez
Ramon was adopted by Pedro Benavidez after he married
his mother Dorotea Abrego.
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Grandfather and Grandmother

Ramon Pedro (R.P.) Benavidez and Natividad Benavidez's Children: Married around 1919.
1. Cristoval Benavidez – Parents: Ramon Benavidez and
Natividad Benavidez.Spouse: Juanita Dacosta. Crisoforo
Benavidez and Juanita Dacosta were married. Children
were: Rosalinda Benavidez, Felipe Benavidez. Born
August, 1920.
2. Pedro Benavidez– Born: August 1, 1922 Died: February 13, 2000 – Married to Amparo Saenz
3. Lucia Benavides – Born: October 1, 1926:449-92-3144 Died: Jun. 24, 2006 - was married to Aniceto Villarreal
4. Felix Benavidez – Born: April 13, 1929
5. Domingo Benavides – Died August 20, 2010.
6. Hacinto Benavidez – Died at 6 Month of age. Born and Died before my dad (Felix) was born. He only knows because his mother told him about his brother that only lived for 6 months.
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