Funeral Mass will be said at 11am on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at Our Lady of Guadalupe with Father Andres Mendoza L. officiating. Burial will follow in Idalou Cemetery. Rosary will be at 7pm on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Resthaven Funeral Home’s Abbey Chapel.
Johnny was born August 30, 1955, to Frances Overton in Corsicana, Texas, and raised by Mr. and Mrs. Santos Gonzales. He married Verna R. Cruz on May 17, 1986, in Lubbock. He was a musician with the Latin Souls, the Hub City Band, Cervantez and Company, Conjunto Ambicion, and Our Lady of Guadalupe 12:30 Choir.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Santos and Elena Gonzales, and five uncles.
Those left to cherish his memories include his wife, Verna Cruz; three daughters: Mercy Arrellano, Crissy Cruz, and Stefanie Cruz; his mother, France Overton of Ravenna, Texas; sisters: Mary E. Cruz of Lubbock and Evelyn Chambers of Gilmer, Texas; and his brother, James Overton of Lamasco, Texas.
