A Hays County jury found 63-year-old Elias Villarreal guilty on Wednesday, July 12, of aggravated assault against a public servant and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
The importance of remembering lost loved ones
Abe Villarreal
Each time I visit my great-grandfather’s grave, I think of the lesson taught in the animated movie Coco. The lesson of remembering and the tradition of respect to family.
I see his grave like it’s out in a forgotten island. It’s one of those simple graves with his name, Elias Villarreal, stenciled into a block of cement that frames the borders of the plot. There is no picture or fancy designs. No religious symbols or verses. It simply reads Elias Villarreal 1886-1939.
Most of the other plots in this older section of the cemetery are the same. Surrounding by dirt, some of those buried are already lost to time. Their plots are cracked. Names hard to read. Unvisited for generations.