Mary Elida Talavera Garcia age 76 of San Angelo, TX passed away on Monday, Dec 21, 2009 in Bedford, TX. Prayer service will be held on Saturday, Dec 26, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Calvary Cemetery immediately following the prayer service. Mary was born in Brady, TX to Manual & Manuelita Talavera on May 11, 1933. She worked and retired as an administrative asst. for GTE / Verizon after twenty three years of service. Mary is survived by five sons, Jesse T Garcia, John A Garcia, Mario Martinez, Fernando Martinez and Noe Martinez and her three brothers Antonio Talavera, Victor Talavera and Manuel Talavera and several other surviving family members. The family of Mrs. Garcia wishes to extend our sincere thanks to John West and the staff at Robert Massie Funeral Home in making these arrangements on such short notice right before Christmas.