October 12, 1963 – November 14, 2023
Edward Rey Flores, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away on November 14, 2023.
He was born on October 12, 1963, at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, to Gilbert and Lupe Flores. He graduated from John Marshall High School and attended Texas Lutheran College in Seguin. He married Sarah Gomez Flores on May 27, 1995, in Victoria, Texas. He was a Television News Reporter and Anchor for several television stations for over 30 years. While an anchor, he won two Edward R. Murrow awards for Best Investigative Reporter and Best News Series. He served in the Marine Corps and was awarded the Rifle Marksman Badge, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal. As a Marine, he was a boxer and went to the Olympic Trials in North Carolina.
Eddie was a compassionate person who never passed homeless people without giving them something out of his wallet, asking for their name, and telling them that God loved them. He touched many people with his generous spirit. He used his television platform to help veterans, the elderly, and cancer patients. A member of the music ministry, Eddie played the drums with the choirs at St. Williams Catholic Church in Round Rock and at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in McAllen, Texas.
Eddie is preceded in death by his father, Gilbert Flores, and is survived by his wife, Sarah Gomez Flores, his children Joshua Gomez, Keri Alvarez, Liza Beth Gomez, and Christi Rae Smith, his mother, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, his sisters, Carolyn Boyd, and Sylvia Knopp, and his grandchildren Jullyssa and Isabella Alvarez, Judith Edie and Alice Gomez, Bellamy Rey and Brynnlee Quinn Smith, and Dean Edward Mercer.
Pallbearers will be his best friends, Adam Serrano, Anthony Panyagua, Fernando Gutierrez, Steve Garcia, Son, Joshua Gomez, Son-in-law Cody Smith and brother-in-law Tomai Knopp.
Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Sunset Northwest Funeral Home, 6321 Bandera Road, San Antonio, TX, 78238. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 PM. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 9:30 AM at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 7893 Grissom Road, 78251. Burial will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Eddie’s family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center and staff for their outstanding care.
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.SunsetNWFuneralHome.com for the Flores family.
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