Adam Cordova

ADAM CORDOVA, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ELGIN, TEXAS, LEFT HIS EARTHLY LIFE AND ENTERED INTO ETERNAL REST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15TH. ADAM’S LOVING FAMILY WAS AT HIS SIDE AS HE DEPARTED, RETURNING TO THE ARMS OF THE ONE WHO LOVED HIM MOST.

ADAM WAS BORN ON JULY 16TH, 1972, TO LEON CORDOVA, JR. AND LOUISA CORDOVA. HIS TIME ON THIS EARTH WAS FAR TOO BRIEF FOR THOSE WHO LOVED HIM SO DEARLY. AMONG THESE WERE INCLUDED A LONG LIST OF DEVOTED FRIENDS, IN ADDITION TO HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

ADAM IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA COLLAZO-CORDOVA, DAUGHTERS MISELA “THE APPLE OF HIS EYE” CORDOVA, COURTNEY WISE-OTALORA AND HUSBAND JERSON OF AUSTIN, ALLY HERNANDEZ OF CEDAR CREEK, GRANDSON LIAM OTALORA, HIS MOTHER LOUISA CORDOVA OF ELGIN, HIS FATHER LEON CORDOVA, JR. OF BASTROP, SISTERS DOLORES WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND ROY OF ELGIN, REBECCA CORDOVA-PINOT AND HUSBAND DANERY OF AUSTIN, BROTHERS LEON CORDOVA, III, AND WIFE LAURA OF ELGIN, AND JOHN CORDOVA AND WIFE DEBORAH OF ELGIN. IN ADDITION, HE IS SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND FRIENDS.

ADAM BEGAN A LONG CAREER IN THE RESTAURANT AND BARBECUE BUSINESS AT BIGGER’S BBQ IN 1991. HE CONTINUED WHEN MEYER’S SMOKEHOUSE ACQUIRED THE BUSINESS AND WAS STILL EMPLOYED THERE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HIS CAREER SPANNED 24 YEARS.

ADAM WAS ALWAYS UNASSUMING AND FRIENDLY. HE HAD A READY SMILE THAT BECAME HIS TRADEMARK. HE WAS ADMIRED FOR HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC AND HIS WELCOMING NATURE TO ALL WITH WHOM HE HAD CONTACT.
HIS FAMILY WANTS TO EXTEND A MOST HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL OF THE NURSES OF RESOLUTION HOSPICE FOR THE LOVING CARE SHOWN TO OUR BELOVED ADAM.

THE FAMILY ALSO WANTS TO CONVEY THEIR THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ORGANIZED, ASSISTED, PURCHASED PLATES, AND MADE DONATIONS TO THE BENEFIT THAT WAS HELD FOR ADAM ONE DAY PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. THE FAMILY IS BEYOND GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THOSE WHO LOVED ADAM AND DEMONSTRATED THAT LOVE BY THEIR PARTICIPATION.

A VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING FROM 6 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT PROVIDENCE-JONES FAMILY FUNERAL HOME IN ELGIN. RECITATION OF THE HOLY ROSARY WILL FOLLOW AT 7 P.M. AT PROVIDENCE-JONES FAMILY FUNERAL HOME.

CELEBRATION OF THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ELGIN ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, AT 10:00 A.M. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ELGIN LATIN CEMETERY.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE CHARLIE NAVEJAS, BOBBY ALVAREZ, TRAVIS CARLSON, GUS NAVEJAS, DANERY PINOT, TREY DUNNE, ROBERT COLLAZO, AND EDDIE COLLAZO. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE PETE NAVEJAS, JOHN NAVEJAS, JR., LUIS VEGA, AND JOE NAVEJAS, III.