Ernest S. Garcia went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the age of 82 years. He enjoyed baseball, boxing, basketball, hunting, gun collecting and gun shows. Ernest was a Deacon at Bellaire Baptist Church. More than anything, he loved spending time with his grandchildren. Ernest was preceded in death by his parents, Gregorio and Celia Garcia and brother, Seferino Garcia. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Elida Garcia; children, Ernest Garcia (Leticia), Elizabeth G. Martinez (Robert); grandchildren, Ernest Eli Garcia, Genevieve Ann Mueller-Traynor (Benjamin), Annelise Janaye Rocha (Christopher), Justin Robert Martinez (Soledad Salazar); great grandchildren, Dylan. Kaylee Brooke, Emberlyn Raine, Ernest Ian, Ava Rae; the mother of three of his great grandchildren, Valerie Garcia; sisters, Elia Garcia (Jesse), Hortencia Perez, Bertha Garza (Louie), Ofelia Garcia. Visitation will be held at Southside Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 14 ^th from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with services to be held at 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will depart the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15 ^th for interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at 10:00 a.m.. Due to the regulations concerning COVID-19, only ten people will be allowed at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. All those who wish to go in procession with the family to the cemetery, will be asked to stop at the entrance to the cemetery.