Luis Hector Chapa Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Luis Hector Chapa “Honey”, age 72, of Rusk are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 28, 2015 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry Carroll officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mr. Chapa passed away February 24, 2015 in a Rusk nursing home. He was born August 19, 1942 in Cd. Acuna, Coahuila Mexico to the late Eleazar and Adelaida Diaz Chapa. Mr. Chapa was a resident of Rusk for 40 years and worked in the dairy industry for 30 years. He loved music and playing guitar, had a jolly personality, was a great family man and a hard worker. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Rosa Chapa, infant daughter, Maria Chapa, three brothers and three sisters in Mexico. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Laila and Zachary McCalister of Rusk, Lupe and Marc Carroll of Henderson, TX, son, Hector Chapa Jr. of Tyler, TX, grandchildren, Alex, Emily and Wesley McCalister of Rusk, Jordan Dudley, Kylie, Kassidy and Kloee Carroll of Henderson, brother, Glafiro Chapa of Del Rio, TX and numerous nieces and nephews. Family will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015 at the funeral home.

Luis Hector Chapa

August 19, 1942 - February 24, 2015