Our beloved mother, Carmen Gamez Flores, passed away on December 22, 2023, at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital at the age of 82. She was born on November 8, 1941, in Houston, Texas to parents Augustine S Gamez and Carmen Ratcliffe Gamez.

She loved to play games and lived for Sundays when she would meet her niece and friends for an afternoon of games including her favorite, 2500. She also loved jigsaw puzzles (the more difficult the better) and could often be found watching a Hallmark movie and working on a puzzle. More than anything though, Carmen loved being a grandmother and great-grandmother and devoted herself to them.

Carmen is survived by her sons, Frank G Flores and Leroy Flores of Houston, Texas, and her daughter, Annette Aucoin and her husband Stanley Aucoin, Jr. of Perdido Key, Florida.

She is also survived by her sister, Mary Lou Suarez, and her grandchildren, Nicole Arnold and her husband Stratton Arnold, Brandon Beatty, and Rylan Flores, and her great-grandchildren, Stratton J Arnold and Crew Arnold and numerous nieces, nephews, and dear friends.

Carmen is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Tom Gamez, James Gamez, and Augustine Gamez, Jr., and her sister, Connie Gamez Salazar.

To honor Carmen’s memory, we are holding a celebration of her life on December 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM in the Jessie Faye Fields Chapel at Rosewood Funeral Home (7908 Rankin Rd, Humble, TX 77396). We invite family and friends to attend in her honor and memory.