LUIS ATTENDED BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN MAY OF 1949. WHILE AT BOWIE HE PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK, HE WENT OUT FOR TRACK IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR TO ENHANCE HIS FOOTBALL SKILLS NOT KNOWING TRACK WOULD TURN OUT TO BE HIS BEST SPORT. IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE WON THE DISTRICT HIGH JUMP, WON THE HIGH HURDLES AND WAS THIRD IN THE LOW HURDLES. IN REGIONALS HE WON THE HIGH JUMP, WAS SECOND IN THE HIGH HURDLES AND THIRD IN THE LOW HURDLES. IN STATE, HE WAS SIXTH IN THE HIGH JUMP. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, WHILE STATIONED AT FORT BLISS HE PARTICIPATED IN TRACK AND QUALIFIED TO THE FOURTH ARMY OLYMPICS BY WINNING THE 100 METERS, THE HIGH JUMP, THE HIGH HURDLES AND THE LOW HURDLES. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN MAY OF 1954 AND WAS UNABLE TO COMPETE IN THE FOURTH ARMY OLMPICS OF 1954.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FORMER WIFE JOSEFINA, SON FERNANDO
ALVAREZ, SISTERS; THELMA MESA, VIRGINIA CASTILLO, BROTHERS; ENRIQUE
MESA AND GEORGE MESA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PRESENT WIFE, ADRIANA MAYELA AND HIS SONS; LUIS ALVAREZ JR., CARLOS ALVAREZ, DAUGHTERS; CARMEN YEPEZ AND MONICA ALVAREZ, BROTHERS; DAVID MESA, SAMUEL MESA, SISTERS; TERESA ZABALA, BENITA SEDILLO AND SUSANA LARIS.
LUIS WORKED FOR FARAH MFG. CO. FOR 16 YEARS AND RETIRED FROM THE A.C.T.W.U. (AMALGAMATED CLOTHING TEXTILE WORKERS UNION) AFTER 19 YEARS OF SERVICE.
VISITATION: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2021 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM, VIGIL 6:00 PM AT HILLCREST FUNERAL HOME, 1060 N. CAROLINA.
FUNERAL MASS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2021, 12:15 PM AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT FORT BLISS NATIONAL CEMETERY.
