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 Davis Perez.

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.

Arrangements entrusted to Providence-Jones Family Funeral Home.