Albino "Shorty" Salinas, Sr. of Uvalde passed away on January 14, 2019 at his residence at the age of 81. He was born on March 1, 1937 in Edinburg, Texas to Epimenio and Inez (Castañeda) Salinas.
He married Ernestina Garza in Edinburg on March 31, 1960. He was the owner of Shorty's Lounge for over 24 years and played semi-pro baseball for The Latinos in Herford, Texas.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years of Uvalde; daughter, Alicia Hernandez and husband, Tony of Uvalde; sons, Alfredo Salinas and wife, Esperanza of Edinburg, Jose Salinas and wife, Lisa of La Pryor, Albino Salinas, Jr. and wife, Mary Lou, and Alejandro Salinas and companion, Aurelia Fuentes all of Uvalde; sisters, Francisca Suarez of Dallas and Guadalupe Castro of Edinburg; brothers, Epimenio Salinas, Jr. and wife, Angelita of Odessa, Leandro Salinas and wife, Olivia, Arturo Salinas, and Rodolfo Salinas all of Edinburg; 12 grandchildren, Olga Mae Flores and husband, Juan, Marisa Salinas and companion, Jose Chavez, Cynthia Ruiz and husband, Clemente, Adan Omar Salinas and companion, Brenda Burnias, Alfredo Salinas, Jr, Albino Salinas, III. and companion, Myra Garcia, Amber Salinas and fiancé, Jerrid Arthur, Adrianna Martinez and husband, Juan Carlos, Clarissa Salinas and companion, Savas Ramirez, Alejandro Salinas, Jr. and companion, Zena Moreno, Jose Xavier Salinas and companion, Jennifer Lopez and Matthew Salinas; 13 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Donato Salinas, Genaro Salinas, Juan Salinas, Domingo Salinas, Genaro Salinas; sisters, Romana Ortega and Bernarda Garza.
A rosary will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Juan Carlos Martinez, John Jay Cano, Juan Flores, Savas Ramirez, Jose Chavez, Jerrid Arthur, Donato Salinas, Jr. and Joe Hill
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