Mary was born on September 25, 1940, to Luis and Josephina Lopez in Houston, Texas. Mary then went on to graduate high school where she met the love of her life, Jesse Ramos. The two were married on June 5, 1959, in Houston, Texas. They traveled the country while raising their children before settling down in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mary worked as a bus driver for RTA of Corpus Christi until her retirement.
Mary enjoyed reading books, praying, collecting antiques and dolls, taking photographs of wildlife, being a jokester who often would finish jokes before hitting the punchline, watching animated movies, dancing and spending time with her family and friends. She was an avid member of the Driscoll Community Church.
To know Mary was to love her, she had a smile that could light the darkest of rooms, she loved so fiercely with a depth and generosity that touched everyone she met.
Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband Jesse Ramos, her daughter Leonor (Nonie) Ramos, her sister, Juanita Lopez, brother Mike Lopez and her parents Luis and Josephina Lopez.
She is survived by her children: Mary Lou Guthridge and her husband, Stu, Louis Adam Ramos and his wife Brenda, Jessica Richardson and Robert Adam Ramos and his wife Lorraine, her sister Sophie Heyer and her husband, Dave, and brother Arnold Lopez and his wife Susan, as well as numerous beloved grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
A visitation for Mary will be held Tuesday, September 9, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Funeraria Del Angel Everhart, 4901 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411. A prayer service will occur Tuesday, September 9, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, 4901 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411. A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, 4901 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411. A burial will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM at Memory Gardens Memorial Park, 8200 Old Brownsville Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78415.
The family would like to extend appreciation to Anointed Hospice especially Mary’s nurses Georgette and Raquell and her nurse’s aide, Evelynn, for the care and compassion they provided to our beloved mother.
Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey has just begun. Life holds so many facets; this earth is only one. Just think of her as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort where there are no days or years. Think how she must be wishing that we could know today how nothing, but our sadness can really pass away and think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched for nothing is ever lost and she was loved so much. -Author Unknown
