Cecilia Gonzalez Obituary

Viewing and visitation for Mrs. Cecilia Gonzalez, 84 of Amherst, Texas will begin Sunday, March 2, 2025, 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. The family will receive family and friends on Sunday, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. with a prayer service beginning at 6:00 p.m., the same afternoon at Broadway Funeral Directors Chapel (1901 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas 79401).

A Celebration of Life will begin 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at First United Methodist Church (508 Washington Ave Amherst, Texas 79312) with Rev. Max Torres officiating. A graveside service will begin, 4:00 p.m. the same afternoon at Plainview Memorial Park-Plainview, Texas under the direction of Broadway Funeral Directors.

On the morning of Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Cecilia went to be with the Lord. She was born December 14, 1940, in Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico to the late Alberto Rodriguez and Guadalupe (Tobias) Rodriguez. She discovered her talent for sewing at the tender age of 10, a skill she practiced for many years. She held aspirations of becoming a singer. But later found love at the age of sixteen and married Jesus Gonzalez on December 28, 1957, in Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, he preceded her in death on November 2, 1996. She embraced motherhood at 18 and in 1964, immigrated to the United States with her husband and five children, settling in West Texas.

As she began to live in Texas, she continued to nurture her growing family, welcoming five more children while working alongside her husband. Throughout her life, she cultivated numerous friendships and acquaintances, but her most profound connection was with her faith and savior, Jesus Christ.

A devout follower, she lived her spiritual life with unwavering faith, touching countless lives in her community. She became a pillar of faith and a source of guidance, embodying the love and teachings of the Lord.

She is preceded in death by her parents; loving husband and a daughter in law Jeannie Gonzalez.

She is survived by sons and daughters Juan Manuel Gonzalez from Wichita Falls, Leticia Garza from Lubbock, Tx, Jesus Alberto Gonzalez and Irene from Plainview, Tx, Maria De Louders Vargas and Luis from Littlefield, TX, Jose Efren Gonzalez and Shonda from San Antonio, TX, Alvaro Gonzalez and Elfida from Plainview, TX, Cuauhtémoc “Tim” Gonzalez and Gayla from Littlefield, TX, Otoniel Gonzalez of Littlefield, Tx, Javier Gonzalez and Oscar Gonzalez both of Amhearst; Twenty-eight grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jose Efren Gonzalez, Alvaro Gonzalez, Cuauhtémoc “Tim” Gonzalez, Otoniel Gonzalez, Javier Gonzalez and Oscar Gonzalez.

John 12:1-3 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And If I go and prepare a place for you. I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.