Maria De la Luz C. Garcia went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 3, 2014 at the age of 81 years. She was a member of the Guadalupana's and the Choir. Maria enjoyed gardening and doing volunteer and charity work with several catholic churches. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arturo and Marcelina Cortinas; daughter, Maria Socorro Garcia, and her brother, Francisco Cortinas. Maria is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Jose; children, Alfonso Garcia and Amparo Siller, Teresa G. Martinez, Gerardo Garcia and wife Cindy, Rosalinda Garcia, Martin Garcia and wife Mary, Jose Juan Garcia, Deacon Jesus Jesse Garcia, Anna Maria Garcia, and Pablo Manuel Garcia; brother, Jesse M. Cortinas and wife Pauline; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Southside Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 8th from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A rosary will be recited at St. James the Apostle Catholic Church at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Funeral services will depart the funeral home at 9:00 a.m., on Thursday, January 9th for mass to be celebrated at St. James the Apostle Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. Interment will follow at San Fernando III Cemetery.