Funeral services for Salome Gonzales Jr., 84, will be held Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Joe Anguiano Jr. and Joel Reyes officiating. Burial will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, April 22, 2022 at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel from 5-7 p.m.
He passed away April 13, 2022 in Broken Arrow, Okla.
He was born April 12, 1938 to Salome Gonzales Sr. and Maria Trevino Gonzales at home, about 20 miles from San Antonio.
Salome and his wife, Nicolasa, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1992 after having lived in Childress for 17 years. He pastored the Iglesia Nueva Vida (The New Life Church). He was blessed with a large family and lots of friends. Salome has left behind a legacy, there is no way to know the number of people he led to the Lord.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Pedro Gonzales, Pablo Gonzales, and Atanacio Gonzales, sisters Elfida Gonzales Trevino, Catalina Gonzales Juarez, Lydia Gonzales Medina and Hilaria Gonzales.
Survivors include his wife, Nicolasa Anguiano Gonzales, daughters Carrie Lopez and husband, Luis, and Eva Basquez, sons Salome Gonzales Jr. and wife, Carol, and Ismael Gonzales and wife, Connie, brothers Frank Gonzales, Dionicio Gonzales, sisters Anita Gonzales, Mary Gonzales Closna, and Gloria Gonzales along with 11 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.