United States Army World War II Veteran
Pina, Rafael Hernandez(Mex-Am) 10/27/1925 12/29/1991 Born: Mexico Vet: Army Father: Julio PINA Mother: Angela HERNANDEZ Survivors: 1 son, 4 dau, 1 bro, 4 sis, 4 gc. Source: Adams Funeral Home Transcribed by Bettye OdomPina, Juanita Born: 17 May, 1922 in Norheim, Texas Died: 10 Oct 1981 in Crosbyton, Texas Father: Teofilo FLORES Mother: Andrea RIOJOS
A lengthy illness for Juanita Pina terminated in death at 2 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Pina died in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital.
Mrs. Pina, whose family home was at 810 East Main, was 59.
Memorial services were at 10 a.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Florentino Rodriguez and the Rev. Falme Casanova officiated.
Interment was made in Crosbyton Cemetery.
The former Juanita Flores was born in Norhein. She and Rafael H. Pina were married Feb. 19, 1952, in Sinton.
The family moved to Crosbyton in 1958 from Sinton. She was associated with Thompson Cleaners before failing health forced her retirement.
Mrs. Pina was a member of the Spanish Assembly of God Church and the Women Ministries.
She is survived by her husband, Rafael; her mother, Andrea Flores of Crosbyton; four daughters, Naomi Pina, Nora Pina, Nelda Pina and Norma Almarez, all of Crosbyton; one son, Javier Pina of Crosbyton; five sisters, Manuela Puentes of Taft, and Margarita Casanova, Hilaria Flores, Guadalupe Acevedo and Celia Valdez, all of Crosbyton; two brothers, Piacido Flores of Sinton and Marcos Flores of Great Bend, Kan.; and one grandchild.
©Crosbyton Review, October 15, 1981
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for Rafael H. Pina, 66, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. today in Crosbyton First United Methodist Church with Marcos Casanova of Crosbyton and the Rev. Jose Martinez, pastor of Assembly of God Church in Welch, officiating.
Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
Pina died at 1:58 p.m. Sunday in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a brief illness.
He was born in Mexico and moved from Sinton to Crosbyton in 1958. He married Juanita Flores on Feb. 19, 1952, at Sinton. She died on Oct. 10, 1981. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He owned and operated Pina Auto Repair Shop. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include a son, Javier Pina of Austin; four daughters, Naomi Martinez of Alice, Norma Almaraz of Idalou and Nora P. Gonzalez and Nelda Pina, both of Lubbock; a brother, Juan Pina of Plano; four sisters, Jovita Pritchard of El Paso and Aniseto Pina, Oralia Alamaraz and Dominga Gonzalez, all of Juarez, Mexico; and four grandchildren.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, January 1, 1992
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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