Funeral Services Set For Actress Found Dead In Round Rock Home

ROUND ROCK, TX — Funeral services are scheduled this week for a television actress and former beauty queen who was found dead in her Round Rock home.

Police were called early Tuesday morning to the 1800 block of Mathes Mill Trail in response to a woman not breathing, a Round Rock Police spokeswoman said. Despite the arrival of medics to the scene, Margaret Ann Garza, 31, was unresponsive and pronounced dead.

Garza was crowned Miss Texas Belleza Latina in 2007 and Miss Belleza Latina International the following year, according to information found on the pageant's website. Belleza is the Spanish word for beauty. The pageant was created to promote positive Latina role models, according to the website.

More recently, Garza appeared in the AMC television series "The Son" and in the movie "Mercury Plains" staring alongside Scott Eastwood, according to an obituary. The obit further noted she will appear on screen in the film “Pizza Joint” premiering later this month. The late actress also appeared in numerous television and print ads.

A friend of Garza's posted a video on YouTube in tribute to his late friend in which she details parts of her biography and personal narrative.

"Margaret was thoughtful, kindhearted, unselfish, and genuine," reads an obituary notice on the website of the Laredo, Texas-based Joe Jackson Funeral Chapels. "She had a beautiful smile, but beyond that, a beautiful heart. She always gave her time to anyone who needed her. She was either sharing a good time celebrating friends, comforting friends, or just there when someone needed a friend."

Garza is survived by her parents, paternal grandparents, and her aunts and uncles.

A vigil and rosary is scheduled on Friday, June 2, at the chapel located at 1410 Jacaman Rd. in Laredo from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the evening followed by a funeral mass at 9 a.m. the following day at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will be at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Those wishing to convey their condolences can do so at www.joejacksonfuneralchapels.com.

>>> Photo of Margaret Garza via Joe Jackson Funeral Chapels.