Cruz Perales Atkinson

Cruz Perales Atkinson

April 27, 1926 — October 8, 2019

Cruz Perales Atkinson, 93, a beloved mother, grandmother, granny, godmother, aunt, sister, and friend passed away surrounded by her family on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. She was born on April 27, 1926, in Rio Hondo to Eulalio and Cruz R. Perales.

Cruz was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Marble Falls, Texas. She enjoyed reading the Bible, watching western movies, dancing, playing games such as solitaire, puzzles, word-find, sudoku, and coloring, but most of all she loved the color purple and her garden of flowers. Cruz is preceded in death by her parents, Eulalio and Cruz R. Perales; brothers, Jose Perales, Blas Perales, Francisco Perales, and Juan Perales; sisters, Eulalia P. Garcia, Ventura Atkinson; and son, Billy Joe Atkinson.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Albert (Linda), Lucio Cruz (Janie), Marcela (Alan), Mary, Dell (Dominga); 15 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren; and 28 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Pomposa Garza, Maria Cortez, Margarita Landeros; brother, Jesus Perales; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Holy Rosary will be Thursday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Funeral Mass will be Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m.

Both services are at St. John's Catholic Church in Marble Falls, Texas. Burial will follow at Marble Falls City Cemetery.

“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelations 2:10

Arrangements by Clements Wilcox Funeral Home, Marble Falls, Texas.