Maria Salinas- Cuevas

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.”

True goodness cannot be cloaked. True goodness cannot be extinguished. It continues to shine

despite obstacles that get in the way.

Maria was pure goodness. She made the world a better place because she saw the good in it. She

knew goodness because she exhibited goodness by spreading warmth and love to those all

around her. She found a way to find a little bit of goodness in everyone that she met.

Proceeded in death by her father, Gilberto Salinas Salinas and brother, Gilberto Salinas.

Survived by her husband, Manuel Cuevas, older brothers Guillermo Salinas, Gonzalo

Salinas and Gerardo Salinas, an older brother Mario Salinas and older sister Leticia Salinas along

with her youngest sister, Connie Salinas. Both Maria and Manuel were born into large families

and raised in Mexico. Maria was the 7th of 8 children and Manuel was the 5th of 12 children.

Survived by her children, Jose Ezequiel Caballero Salinas 33 years old, Karen Michel Caballero

Salinas 31 years of age and Claudia Alejandra Caballero Salinas 27 years old. Also survived by

her stepchildren, Morelia Cuevas 49 years of age, Manuel (Manny) Cuevas, 44 years of age and

Jesse-Justin Cuevas, 30 years old. Her darling grandchildren carry her goodness in their little

hearts: Sofia Caballero 12 years old, Ezequiel Caballero age 5, Claudia Michelle Romero 6

years of age and Christian Alessandro Romero age 4 and Mariafernanda Perales-Caballero 3

years old. Maria’s precious step grandchildren are: Sofia Esperanza Cuevas 13 years old,

Maximillian Langley Cuevas, age 7 and Annabella Langley Cuevas, age 5.

Born on July 17, 1963 in Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Maria moved to Nashville 20 years

ago with her children. Maria had family residing in Nashville so she felt at home. She was an

independent sales director in Mary Kay Cosmetics in Mexico and Nashville, a highly esteemed

position in the company. Maria believed in the products she represented and gave facials to her

clients. She met her Rhinestone Cowboy, Manuel Cuevas at a wedding of a mutual friend and

married him in a surprise wedding in Nashville on January 23, 2014, the same year that Manuel

received the “Father of the Year Honoree” by the Father’s Day Council.

Maria was a wonderful mother and grandmother! She loved to travel to see her family in

Mexico. With her external and internal beauty always shining through, Maria was well known

as the “Mexican Barbie Doll”. Maria was passionate about her church, Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Church, her family, her friends and her husband’s star studded design business. She would often

be seen helping out in Manuel’s store at the corner of Broadway and 8th.

True goodness cannot be cloaked. True goodness cannot be extinguished. Maria continued

giving as an organ donor. Eight people were recipients of her amazing gift to them. Maria’s

legacy of goodness continues as one of life and giving. We salute you Maria Cuevas-Salinas

Arrangements under the direction of Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Memorial Park, Nashville, TN

615-383-4754.