Jesse Bautista

Jesse Joseph Bautista, 84, of Corsicana passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, after complications following heart surgery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 2nd from 6 to 7 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton with a rosary at 7 p.m. Memorial services will be Thursday, January 3rd at 6 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana, Texas. Jesse was born September 22, 1923, in San Leandro California. He served in both WWII and the Korean wars and was honorably discharged as a Second Lieutenant from the United States Army. Upon completion of his bachelor?s degree in Criminal Justice from San Jose State University in California, he began his career as a drug enforcement agent for the federal government. After transferring to the Hawaiian Islands in 1955, he met and married the love of his life, Amalia ?Monie?. He was then transferred to Houston, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Richardson, Texas and finally El Paso where he retired at the age of 55. His retirement was brief; he accepted a job with the state of Texas and then with the University of Texas at El Paso as their Foreign Student Advisor. After his retirement from UTEP he took up golf so he could keep up with Monie. When she died in 2001 he moved to Corsicana, Texas to be closer to his children. He was preceded in death by his wife Amalia ?Monie? Bautista; his daughter Lorie McCurdy; and his two grandchildren Theo and Amalia Browett. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Tanya and Dayle Wetherell of Grapevine, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Frank Means of Corsicana; son and daughter-in-law, Tony and Lana Bautista of Plano, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Thea and Mark Pierce of Austin, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Fran and John Browett of London, England; son and daughter-in-law, Matt and Pam Bautista of Hilton Head, South Carolina; daughter Libby Bautista of Trophy Club, Texas; daughter and son-in-law Harri and Jim Baumann of El Paso, Texas; and twelve grandchildren, Jessica, Matthew and Riley Bautista, Dylan, Addie and Celeste Pierce, Octavia, Grace and Alicia Browett, Tyler, Nicholas and Kathryn Bautista, and Cameron and Michael Luciano. He will always be remembered as an outgoing, larger-than-life man, who loved Monie dearly and took care of anyone in need. He certainly communicated his love for his family and friends by doing things for them. He lived a full life and he will continue to live on in our memory and eternally with our Lord, Jesus Christ. If anyone wishes to memorialize Jesse please consider the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana, Texas or a charity of your own choice.

Jesse Bautista

September 22, 1923 - December 23, 2007