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  2. Héctor P. García - Wikipedia

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    Héctor P. García. Héctor Pérez García (January 17, 1914 – July 26, 1996) was a Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American GI Forum (AGIF). As a result of the national prominence he earned through his work on behalf of Hispanic Americans, he was instrumental in the ...

  3. Lester Roloff - Wikipedia

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    His first mission house was established in Corpus Christi in 1954. Additional children's homes were eventually added throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Georgia. The first Roloff home for females, Rebekah Home for Girls, was established in 1968, which brought in young girls who were addicted to drugs, involved in prostitution, serving jail time ...

  4. Old Bayview Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Old Bayview Cemetery. Coordinates: Old Bayview Cemetery is a cemetery located on a small hill in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas on Ramirez St. at Padre St., bordered by the I-37 access road. It is the oldest federal military cemetery in Texas. Owned by the City of Corpus Christi, it presently comprises three and a half acres as a Historic Texas ...

  5. List of largest funerals - Wikipedia

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    Funeral Date Country City No. of attendees Television audience ... Corpus Christi, Texas at least 70,000: Funeral of Sibel Yalçın June 16, 1995

  6. Felix Z. Longoria Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Felix Z. Longoria (April 16, 1920 – June 16, 1945) was an American soldier from Texas, who served in the United States Army as a private. He died during World War II and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery [1] after veterans supported his cause in a dispute over his funerary arrangements. Longoria was killed during the war, in the ...

  7. Corpus Christi, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.

  8. Feast of Corpus Christi - Wikipedia

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    The Feast of Corpus Christi (Ecclesiastical Latin: Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi, lit. 'Day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ the Lord'), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is observed by the Latin Church, in addition to ...

  9. First Presbyterian Church (Corpus Christi, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    On May 12, 1867, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E.T. Merriman, the First Presbyterian Church of Corpus Christi was chartered by the Old School General Assembly of the old “northern” Presbyterian Church with seven members – six women and one man. Rev. William Mitchell became the first pastor and the charter members were John Pollan and his ...

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