Funeral services for Maria Gloria Fuentes, age 66, of Bangs, will be at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 8, 2013 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial will follow in the Bangs Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 until 8:00 Thursday evening.

Maria died on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in a Carrolton hospital.

Maria was born in Rio Grande City, Texas on Oct. 17, 1946 to Hilario and Alicia Rosa Fuentes.  She moved to Bangs in 1989, where as a single mother, she raised her son Jose.  She was a member of New Testament Holiness Church in Bangs. One of her favorite pastimes was playing bingo.

Maria is survived by her son, Jose Fuentes and wife Sallyanne of Bangs, five brothers, Joel, Ricardo, Juan, Rogelio, and Israel; two sisters, Irma Martinez and Minerva Serrato, all of Bangs, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters, three nephews, and a niece.

Condolences can be offered to the family at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net