A 19-year-old\u00a0Chick-fil-A team leader who died in a crash this month is being remembered by family, friends and coworkers for his kindness and the joy he brought to others.<\/p>\n
Alejandro\u00a0Garza was killed Sept. 21 when the van he was driving overturned on U.S. 181 about two miles south of Floresville, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n
He worked for more than three years at the\u00a0Chick-fil-A on Woodlake Parkway and FM 78, starting as a delivery driver before becoming a closing lead.<\/p>\n
The restaurant said\u00a0Garza also helped maintain the delivery vehicles and was always willing to step in wherever he was needed.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post, the restaurant said employees watched\u00a0Garza grow into a leadership role over the past year.<\/p>\n
Coworkers also remembered his enthusiasm for wearing the\u00a0Chick-fil-A Cow mascot costume.<\/p>\n
“He was truly the BEST at it,” the post said. “He loved making people smile, taking pictures with families, dancing, and bringing joy to our guests.<\/p>\n
Seeing the Cow around our restaurant will always make us think of him and the happiness he brought to so many.”<\/p>\n
The restaurant said\u00a0Garza built lasting friendships with coworkers and became much more than a colleague.<\/p>\n
“He was our friend,” the post said. “We laughed with him, worked alongside him, depended on him, and made so many memories with him.”<\/p>\n
According to his obituary,\u00a0Garza was dedicated, hardworking and ambitious. Outside of work, he enjoyed spending time at the river and fishing.<\/p>\n
“Those who knew him will remember him as a very happy, goofy, fun, and enjoyable person who brought joy to those around him,” his family wrote.<\/p>\n
Garza’s visitation and funeral service were held Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old\u00a0Chick-fil-A team leader who died in a crash this month is being remembered by family, friends and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-451053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}