David Clyde Kendall

David Kendall, beloved friend, father, son and grandad, 60, passed away on April 8, 2024, at Corpus Christi Medical Center - Doctors Regional at 5:01 AM. He was born on March 28, 1963 in Miami, FL, to Richard Kendall and Beth Mahan.

He is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth Ponce, Tiger Bollom, and Pamela Saldana, his grandchildren, Aurora Garza, Emily Gray, Bonnie Gray, Rebecca Gray, Sebastian Ponce, Lily and Scarlette of Edinburg, TX and grandchildren Jacob and Roselyn of Mission, TX.

He began an adventurous life with the circus and traveled the country of the USA and returned to this address where Bessie Sellers/Mahan (his mom) and Charles Mahan (his step dad) and his uncle Ernest Sellers lived.

Pamela: when I first saw him after years, since I was a baby, he was sitting outside of a bingo hall. I realized I had an unknown connection. It wasn't until later when I met my dad for the first time, when I remembered that day at the bingo hall. I will always regret that day he asked me to leave with him and I did not.

Tiger: When I was 17, I met David (My father) for the first time, I was scared and nerves and he helped me deal with it. We hugged and cried for several days and he told me about the family that I was ripped away from as a baby. I now know a lot about my family and history because of David. I loved him dearly and will forever miss him.

Roselyn & Jacob: when we got to go and visit for the first time we had a good time laughing and climbing on him.

Lily: I remember once when I was very little I was with my Popoand; he was cooking on the grill outside and there was a coal that fell out of the grill and I had stepped on it, I started to cry and I have never seen my Popo move so fast in my entire life. He picked me up and ran through the front door panicking and yelling; the whole time, I was probably around 2 or 3 years old, wondering what is this crazy man yelling about? He was telling my mom and my grandma Beth how I burned myself, acting like i was about to die even though it was a small burn. At the time it hurt but now that I think about it, he really cared about me. Although it was such a small thing, he was showing how much he cared about my well being.
Rest in peace Popo.

Dante: I remember when Jacob was a baby and David held him for the first time. Dspite the crying baby on his lap, David was smiling.

"Gipper" Nelson: David was a story teller, told stories about growing up, working, friends, and family. Loved a good time and laugh. In his work he was a superviser for Cotyscape, inc., he maintained the landscape of the King Ranch in Kingsville Texas, and Valero Refinary in Corpus Christi Texas.
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