Joy Murillo

Rebecca Joy Garlick Murillo, 57, of Guadalajara, Mexico went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 29, 2021, surrounded by her family. Joy gave her life serving others and taking the Gospel to the lost. Rebecca was born June 29, 1964 in Hartwell, Georgia to Roland and Gloria Garlick. She grew up as a missionary and learned Spanish in Guadalajara while her parents were learning the language. She was with her parents while in El Salvador then came back and made her home with them in Mission, Texas. She graduated from Roma Christian Academy in 1982 and went on to Hyles Anderson College where she graduated in 1986. Rebecca met her husband Robert Murillo in 1982 and was married on July 20, 1987. She served the Lord faithfully with her husband as a wonderful pastor wife in the Independent Baptist Church of Guadalajara, Mexico. She helped found the Annabel De Vallejo home in 1999 after a tragic church accident. Rebecca made it her life’s mission to see that the children in the home knew that God loved them and He would keep them well cared for. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandma, sister and aunt. She lived her life for the Hispanic people and her joy was contagious. Her ministry lives on through the lives of those she invested in and the many who loved her. Rebecca was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Murillo, her parents Roland and Gloria Garlick, Martha Davis Garlick, and her brother Daniel Garlick. Rebecca is survived by her children Hannah(Romel) Sorto of Smyrna, TN, Josue and Caleb Murillo of Smyrna, TN, Talitha, Samuel, Elijah, Becky Murillo of Guadalajara, Mexico as well as by a brother John Garlick, Chelsea, AL, and sisters Joanna Reed-Toner of Buda, TX and Susanna Gonzalez of Bartlett, IL. She is survived by two grandchildren Matthew and Levi Sorto. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 3, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Memory Lane Funeral Home 6305 W. Lincoln Hwy, Crown Point, IN 46307. A funeral service will be held at Hyles-Anderson College 8400 Burr St. Crown Point, IN 46307 at 11 a.m. with a visitation one hour prior at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2021. Interment will follow at Memory Lane.

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Joy Murillo

June 29, 1964 - November 29, 2021