Mary Esther Hernandez, 68, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in Waco, Texas. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2016, at St. Eugene Catholic Church, McGregor, Texas, Father Boniface Onjefu officiating. Interment will follow in McGregor Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, May 20, 2016 from 6-8:00 p.m. at Cole Funeral Home, McGregor, Texas. The Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m.Mary was born November 19, 1947 in Beeville, Texas to Felipe Garcia and Manuela Coronado Garcia. She graduated from McGregor High School in 1963, and attended Hill Junior College in Hillsboro, Texas. Mary and Lupe Hernandez were one of the first couples to be married at St. Eugene Catholic Church, in McGregor, and married there on December 4, 1965. Mrs. Hernandez began working at Smead Manufacturing in 1985, and retired after 13 years of service. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Eugene Catholic Church, and longtime resident of McGregor.Mary was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Felicto Garcia.She leaves behind her husband, Lupe; son, Guadalupe Hernandez, Jr. and partner, Dean Riley, Waco; daughter, Norma Abernathy, McGregor; brothers, John Garcia, Malone, Robert Garcia, Waco, Roy Garcia, Ross, Joseph Garcia, Chicago, Illinois; sister, Sarah Ward, McGregor; grandchildren, Robert Brian Abernathy, Jr., Fredricksburg, Virginia, Alexandria Bailey and husband, Timothy, Fredricksburg, Virginia, Christian Abernathy, Fredricksburg, Virginia, and Dylan Abernathy, Fredricksburg, Virginia; and numerous nieces and nephews she loved very much.