John Perez, Jr.

John Perez, Jr. was born on December 1, 1942, and passed away on January 26, 2022. He was born in Elgin, Texas where he attended school with his three brothers and three sisters. He served in the US Navy from 1962 to 1964 plus extended reserve on a destroyer because, as he said, he didn’t “want to be on a ship with more people than there were in my own hometown.”

He married Carolyn Gonzalez on March 31, 1963, and last celebrated 58 years of marriage in 2021. They moved to Fort Worth where he worked and lived most of his adult life. He returned to Elgin to retire in 2010 where he lived and cared for his wife. John was a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus, served in his community, walked with confidence and honor, and was loved by so many.

John is preceded in death by his father, John Perez, mother, Julia Perez-Martinez, sister, Mary Lou Gonzales, and brother, Roy Perez.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, daughters, Roni Perez, Cindy Lawler and husband, Walter, and Julie Adams and husband, Jeff, grandchildren, Veronica Navejas and partner, Kyle Collins, Monica Navejas and wife, Shirley, John Navejas, III, Jamie Adams, Jordan Adams, and Shawn Lawler, great grandchildren, Santos Navejas, Isabel Navejas-Nalley, and Maggie Collins, sisters, Alice Trevino and Angie Perez, and brothers, Edward Perez and Joe David Perez.

2 Corinthians 4:  16-18
¹⁶ An Eternal Dwelling in Heaven. Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outer self is continuing to decay, our inner self is being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ Our temporary light afflictions are preparing for us an incomparable weight of eternal glory, ¹⁸ for our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal.

A Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM with the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 PM at Providence-Jones Family Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, February 4, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.