Lelia V. Carmines Romo, beloved wife, mother and friend, was called to her heavenly Father on Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 8 days before her 75th birthday. A native of Poquoson, Virginia, she called San Antonio home for 56 years. Interment for family members in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to: National Kidney Foundation or the United Methodist Foundation for Evangelism United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 985, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745. Lelia was a source of peace, comfort, compassion and love to all who had the opportunity to know her. The source of her life was the Lord and the forms of her devotion were to her husband, Dr. Thomas Romo, Jr.; her four children, Sandra Romo Good and her husband, Larry Richard Good, Dr. Thomas Romo III and his wife, Diane Kiely Romo, Attorney Leslie David and his wife, Sue Lynn Cole Romo and Attorney William Carmines and his wife, Jennifer Kraut Romo; her nine grandchildren, Rachel Lynn, Cole Lisle, Sue Adair, Robert Michael, Thomas IV, Daniel Bradshaw Romo and Brandy, John, Lydia Joy and Nelson Pantuso, who survive her. She had a lifelong dedication to Christianity and the United Methodist Church. She also devoted her life to her husband and to being a mother to her children. Her dedication to physical fitness, especially long distance running was an inspiration. She won many medals and honors at the local, state and national levels and the Senior Olympics. Mrs. Romo was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution DAR. We look forward to once again being united with her on the streets of glory, where she is now walking with her mother, Homer Virginia and father, William Lisle Carmines, Sr., her mother-in-law, Florinda Garcia Romo, her 2 sisters, Anne Payne and Edith Amelia Nelson and her brother, George David Carmines. She is also survived by her three sisters, Bea Paine of Bluefield, West. Virginia, Brenda Mae Beckelic of Poquoson, Virginia, Fran Corey of Hampton, Virginia and William Carmines, Jr. of Poquoson, Virginia. Interment Information: St. Sam Houston National Cemetery, Cemebery Section 1D 34, Cemetery Site Number 203; 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Tonio, Texas 78209. Telephone 210.820.3891 This Memorial is on this website as a Tribute to Mrs. Romo. Funeral services were handled by Porter Loring Mortuary in Texas. The family are dear friends to the Walker family.