In loving memory
Maria Inez Garcia
April 20, 1929 – June 24, 2015
Lived 86 years
Laredo, Texas
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1929
Born April 20
1939
Maria was 10 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Maria was 13 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1954
Maria was 25 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1963
Maria was 34 when Texan Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president
1976
Maria was 47 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Maria was 60 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1997
Maria was 68 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2005
Maria was 76 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Maria was 81 when Instagram was launched
2015
Passed away June 24, age 86
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