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• Fernandez, Rosita   b. January 10, 1918  d. May 2, 2006
  Entertainer. Tejano music pioneer and actress. Fernandez gained international fame as a recording artist. During her six-decade career she performed Mexican ballads for foreign and U.S. dignitaries including Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles, and five U.S. Presidents. She sang at President Jimmy Carter's inaguration in 1977, and was a frequent guest of President and Ladybird Johnson. Mrs. Johnson gave her the title, "San Antonio's First Lady of Song". She also appeared in San Antonio's first...[Read More] (Bio by: Deleon Todd)
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Garcia, Henry   b. February 4, 1903  d. October 31, 1970
  Screen, stage actor, musician, screenwriter and film technician. Appeared in the 1964 film "No Man's Land".
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Block 40 Lot 1 Grave 141
  GPS coordinates: 29.2490692, -98.3330078 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Gonzalez, Henry Barbosa    b. May 3, 1916  d. November 28, 2000
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1961 to 1999. Also served as a Member of the Texas State Senate from 1956 to 1961, Candidate in primary for Governor of Texas in 1958 and Candidate in primary for United States Senator from Texas in 1961. On November 22, 1963, he was riding in President John F. Kennedy's motorcade when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. In 1986 he assaulted a man in a restaurant after the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• McCloskey, Augustus   b. September 23, 1877  d. July 21, 1950
  US Representative from Texas, 1929-30. State court judge.
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Block 36 Lot 218 Grave 1
  GPS coordinates: 29.2484303, -98.3316269 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Mendoza, Lydia   b. May 21, 1916  d. December 20, 2007
  Musician. Known as La Alondra de la Frontera (The Lark of the Border), she is considered the queen of Tejano music. She began her career singing and playing guitar in the plazas of downtown San Antonio in the 1930s. In 1934, she released "Mal Hombre" on the Bluebird label, that became a hit on both sides of the border and was her signature song. Other hits included "Rancho Grande", "La Valentina" and "Angel de Mis Anhelos". Mendoza recorded over 200 songs on more than 50 albums, including...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Rodriguez, Dionicio A    b. April 11, 1891  d. December 16, 1955
  Sculptor. He perfected a secret process in which he carved chemically treated reinforced concrete so that it looked like wood. Because he traveled throughout the United States to work on commissions and did not speak English, very little is known about him. The son of Catarina Rodríguez, he was born in Toluca, capital of the state of México, in 1891 or 1893. As a boy, he developed skills he later used in his art by working in a foundry and for an Italian artist who produced imitation rocks...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor)
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   

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