Rebecca Lynn “Becky” Ponce (née Edmonds), 62, of Katy, TX, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on September 17, 2022. Becky was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 17, 1959 to William Marvin and Dorothy Margarette Edmonds. She married Michael Stewart Ponce on August 11, 1990, and enjoyed an incredible and fulfilling life as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is preceded in death by her parents, William Marvin and Dorothy Margarette Edmonds; her grandparents, Obe Wesley and Sarah Margaret Noble; and her brother, Mark Elliott Edmonds.
She is survived by her husband, Michael Stewart Ponce; her children, Deborah Nicole Blakeslee (Michael Blakeslee), and Michael Sean Ponce (Jennifer Nix); brothers, William Marvin “Bill” Edmonds, Jr. and David Wesley Edmonds; and several nieces and nephews, whom will all miss her greatly. Becky especially loved her role as “Nana” to her beautiful grandchildren, Mellony Lynn Blakeslee, Natalie Nicole Blakeslee, Rylee Ann Blakeslee and Courtney Gwynn Blakeslee, and will always be in their hearts.
Becky was a kind-hearted, strong, and loving person, as well as an incredibly loyal and caring friend to all. After graduating from Little Rock Central High in 1978, she moved to Corpus Christi, Texas and was employed at Citgo Refinery, where she worked as an Environmental Coordinator and retired after almost thirty-eight years of employment. After her retirement, she and her husband moved to Katy, Texas, where she would be closer to and make countless memories with her children and grandchildren. Becky so enjoyed traveling with her husband on vacation, getting together with her numerous friends, shopping sprees with her daughter and granddaughters, cooking and baking in her kitchen, hosting family get-togethers, and volunteering in her community whenever she had the opportunity. She will be greatly missed by her loving family and by those that were fortunate enough to have known her.
A public visitation in Corpus Christi will take place Wednesday, September 28, 2022, from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Memory Gardens Funeral Home located at 8200 Old Brownsville Road, Corpus Christi, Texas. A memorial service will be held at Memory Gardens Funeral Home the following day, Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M.
A subsequent visitation will be held on Friday, September 30, 2022, from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home & Rest Hills Memorial Park located at 7724 Landers Road, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Funeral Services will be held the following Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel at Griffin Leggett Funeral Home. Becky will then be laid to rest at Rest Hills Memorial Park located at Griffin Leggett Funeral Home at 1:00 P.M.
Pallbearers will include Michael Stewart Ponce, Michael Sean Ponce, Michael Blakeslee, Jonathan Edmonds, Michael Hall, and Jon Hudson.
Memorial gifts and floral arrangements may be made in Becky’s name to either Memory Gardens Funeral Home or Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home & Rest Hills Memorial Park. In addition, Becky’s family members would wholeheartedly request that those who wish to donate visit Becky’s Remembrance page on the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center website to make a contribution in her memory to be used in furthering their research efforts with appendiceal cancer.
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