Rev. Joe Hernandez(Plainview)

Rev. Joe Hernandez, 60, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011 in Amarillo. Funeral services will be held at 2:05 pm Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Genesis Baptist Church with Rev. Carlos Hinojos, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. A memorial service will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at the funeral home. Joe was born February 5, 1951 to Manuel and Guadalupe Hernandez in Cuero, Texas. He grew up in Olton and graduated from Olton High School in 1969. He served in the US Army from 1971 to 1972. He married Elizabeth Perez on June 7, 1974 in Plainview. He graduated from the South Plains Law Enforcement School in 1976 and served as a Police Officer on the Plainview Police Department from 1976 to 1978. He was licensed as a Baptist Minister in 1977 and was ordained in 1993. He was a bi-vocational minister working in Garland, Hereford, Lockney, Abernathy, and Plainview. They moved to Garland in 1978 and he worked as a manager for Pep Boys and built fences. They return to Hereford in 1991 and to Plainview in 1995. He graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a degree in PE and History in 1998 and with a Masters of Arts in Counseling in 2007. He was a teacher/coach at Kress, and a teacher at Plainview and Olton. They attended Genesis Baptist Church in Plainview. He is preceded in death by his parents: Manuel and Guadalupe Hernandez and a brother: Martin Hernandez. He is survived by his wife: Elizabeth Hernandez of Plainview, one daughter and son-in-law: Dr. Heather and Shane Martinez of Plainview, one son and daughter-in-law: Joe, II and Heather Calderon Hernandez of Plainview, his grandson: Zachariah Rhayne Martinez of Plainview, three brothers: Raymond Hernandez of Weatherford, Paul Hernandez of Lavon, and Jon Hernandez of Bastrop, three half-brothers: Pedro Hernandez of Kingsville, Silverio Hernandez of Baldwin Park, California and Margarito Hernandez of Muleshoe, five sisters: Hilaria Garcia of Garland, Frances Alirez of Olton, Lupe Contreras of Amarillo, Paulie Ibarra of Garland and Maria Luisa Guerrero of Plainview.