SSG Eric Jason McGarrah, U.S. Army, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 25, 2015 at the age of 42 years. He was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on February 17, 1973. Eric loved and was very proud of his family and country. He served in the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Somalia and in the U.S. Army, serving two tours in Iraq. Eric worked as a Sheriff's Deputy in Uvalde County, as was a SGT at the Corrections Unit in Uvalde. He enjoyed gun collecting and gaming. Eric was preceded in death by his son, Logan Michael McGarrah and grandparents, James William Hood, Earl and Mary Lou McGarrah. He is survived by his wife, Rosie McGarrah and their children, Kaylee, Tara, and Michael; the love of his life, Jessica Cook and their children, Trinity and Logan; mother, Jo Ann Bunn and husband Darryl; father, Eric W. McGarrah and wife Mary Ann; step-mother, Liz Holmes; Sisters, Elisha Bunn and husband Josh, Hannah McGarrah, and Amanda Schumacher; nieces and nephews, Megan and Justin Bunn, Amarika, Edwin, Tarika, Adam, and Lyric Alsbrook; grandmother, Elsie Hood; aunts, Jeannie Smith, Rhonda VanWinkle, Elizabeth Bartlett, Mary Towndrow, and Melinda Weatherford; also numerous cousins and many, many friends. Visitation will be held at Southside Funeral Home on Sunday, November 1st from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Monday, November 2nd at 8:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial in Eric's name should be made to the Wounded Warriors Project. Honorary pallbearers for Eric will be Troy Hull, Randy Hill, Ronnie Byrd, Brian Ortiz, John Ortiz, and Marcos Barrios.