Vicente Fernandez summed it simply, yet so true. “Con dinero y sin dinero, yo hago siempre lo que quiero, y mi palabra es la ley. No tengo trono ni reina, ni nadie que me comprenda, pero sigo siendo, el rey.” While he has passed on to his last and final poker game, all chips in, Armando Zamarripa will always be our king. Born on March 29th, 1951 to Maria and Sebastian Zamarripa in McAllen,Texas, he joins his daughter, Maribel Zamarripa, his parents, and his
siblings, Eloisa, Manuel, and Pedro. He has left his legacy in the children and in-laws who survive him, Lucia, Juanita, Ross, Armando, Patricia, Ana, Ricky, Erica, Melissa, Trini, Armando II, Stephanie, Jessica and Mayra, as well as his grandchildren, Orion, Kyndal, Kai, Noah, Odin, Isaac, Destiny, and Trinity. We will honor a lifetime of his “consejos” and “dichos” and celebrate his freedom of pain and suffering. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29 NIV).
