OBIT – Hilario Acevedo Jr.

McALLEN – Hilario “Larry” Acevedo Jr., 58, passed away on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at McAllen Medical Center.

Mr. Acevedo graduated from Mission High School in 1976, and then from the University of Texas-Pan American and Reynaldo Garza Law School. He was a truant officer for McAllen ISD for several years and worked in the district attorney’s office for many years.

He was a member of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church and attended Saint Joseph’s Bible Study and Holy Spirit Catholic Church Bible Study.

Survivors include his mother, Mary V. Acevedo; children, Ramona Marie Acevedo and Marco Joseph Acevedo; siblings, Xavier Acevedo, Michael James Acevedo, Dora Imelda Acevedo Cedillo and Thelma Acevedo Garza.

He was preceded in death by his father, Hilario Acevedo Sr.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. Burial follows at Laurel Hill Cemetery.