Liz was born in Goree, Texas on December 16, 1939. She was born to Jacinto and Tomasa Chapa. Around the age of 4, she lost her father in a farm tractor accident. A few years later, her mother married Rafael Acosta who raised her and her older brother Isaac in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Liz passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 5, 2020 at the age of 80 at a hospice hospital in Fort Worth, Texas after a visit from all the family on that day. She departed that night with her brother Tommy at her side.
Liz is preceded in death by her father, mother, brothers Isaac Chapa and Ruben Acosta.
Liz never married and had no children but is survived by her brother Tommy Acosta, nieces, nephews, many grand nieces and nephews, other family and many friends.
She lived most of her life in Arlington, Texas and retired from Southwestern Bell. She graduated from LABI, Latin American Bible Institute, and ministered as a youth leader for many years at Templo Emanuel Church in San Angelo and First Spanish AG in Wichita Falls, Texas.
She will be remembered as a strong woman of God and a strong prayer warrior. She followed our mother's phone praying ministry for many years. Many times she would pray with her neighbors while on daily walks. Liz would speak the word of God to anyone who would listen. Know that if she knew you, she prayed for you.
The family will miss her daily prayer, but she taught us to pray for one another and remind each other to always trust in the Lord.
Services will be at 10 A.M. on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Drive in Arlington, Texas. A graveside service will be held at a later date at which time her urn will be buried in our mother's grave.
The family wishes to thank everyone for the support with prayers and visits to the nursing home and hospital. IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
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