Obituary of Dora Gerrera

Funeral Mass for Dora Rodriguez Gerrera, 68, of Hale Center, TX, will be held at 11:00 am Monday, February 15, 2016, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainview, TX with Monsignor Arsenio Redulla officiating. Burial will follow in the Hale Center Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center. Mrs Gerrera died Thursday, February 11, 2016, in Plainview, TX. She was born May 11, 1947 and married Juan Gerrera on Dec. 6, 1965 in Lubbock, TX. She was a longtime Cotton Center, TX resident prior to moving to Hale Center last year. She enjoyed gardening and feeding birds, was a great homemaker and Mom with a gentle spirit and was a humble person. She was a big supporter of her boys while they played football. She is preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, grandson, brother and 5 sisters, all who greeted her when she got there. She was survived by her husband, Juan Gerrera of Hale Center, 4 sons, John, JR and wife Bonnie and Ruben Gerrera and wife Michelle all of Hale Center, Joe and wife Milissa of Floydada, TX and Nick and wife Maria of Plainview, a daughter, Andrea Longoria and husband Antonio of Cotton Center. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, Josef., Jeremy, Jessie, Nicholas, Mariainez, Anastacio, Justin, David, Lucy, Aurelio, Marc and Michael, 3 great grandchildren, Justin Zedekiah, Molly and Juliet 6 brothers, Johnny, Bill and Alvin Rodriguez all of Lubbock, TX, Joe and Roman Rodriguez of Amarillo, TX and Paul Rodriguez of Minnesota, 4 sisters, Betty Rodriguez and Elena Vargas and husband Steve all of Lubbock, Olga Herrera of La Grange, TX and Lilie Abeta of Oklahoma City, OK