Deputy Sheriff Rosemary Vela Obituary (1991

Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Rosemary Vela, age 24, will be held at 10:00 am Friday, October 2, 2015 at West Jackson Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee with Chaplin Manuel Yanez officiating. Deputy Sheriff Vela died September 29, 2015 in Jackson, Tennessee. She was born April 14, 1991 in Harlingen, Texas. She was a Deputy Sheriff with the Madison County Sheriff Department and previously worked as a deputy at the Crockett County Sheriff Department. Surviving relatives include her father, Nicholas Vela; mother, Maria A. Vela; son, Christopher Jayden Angel Wilkes; special friend, Deputy Sheriff Dillon Wooley; maternal grandparent, Arnulfo Lopez; paternal grandparents, Noe Vela and Alicia Aguirre; brothers, Nicholas Vela, Jr., Issac Ryan Vela; sister, Dalilah Vela; aunts, Blanca E. Villalobos, Mariela Galvan and Elsa Reyes; cousins, Oscar Joshua Ramirez, Paul Anthony Ramirez, Maria Ashley, Abigail Galvan, Sophia Galvan and Maria Galvan. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed. Donations to the Rosemary Vela Memorial Fund can be sent to The Foundation, 620 Skyline Drive, Jackson, TN 38301. The Foundation is also known as the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 1, 2015 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm with Catholic Mass 7:00 pm-7:30 pm at West Jackson Baptist Church.