Rammy A. Jurica

Rammy Alan Jurica, 51, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022 at Ennis Regional Medical Center. He was surrounded by his closest family members at the hospital.

Rammy was born on June 18, 1970 to Raymond and Barbara Jurica. He spent the majority of his life in Ennis, with the exception of living in Arlington while attending college.

Many people know Rammy as a fixture at Tom’s Food Market, a business started by his grandfather, Anton Jurica. The store is a family-owned business, which has been around for 68 years. It passed to Raymond Jurica, and Rammy helped to run and manage it. Rammy was known for having a largerthan-life personality and incredible sense of humor. He was always quick with a joke and a smile. He loved to laugh and make others laugh, which was truly a gift to us all. He knew all the names of the customers’ children and the children loved being recognized and acknowledged.

He was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and the SPJST. He graduated from St. John’s Catholic School and obtained his business degree from UTA Arlington. Over the years, he touched the lives of many, either at school, college, at various dirt racing tracks and of course, at the store. He leaves behind a wealth of extended family members, aunts and uncles, cousins and multiple friends (some of which his family doesn’t even know).

As most people know, his true passion was dirt track car racing. He participated as a driver from the age of 14 at 85 Speedway, being one of their youngest drivers. He would travel with racing buddies to compete around the country and also specialized in building race car motors. In his later years, he acted as a consultant and advised other racers on the finer points of race car design and construction.

He is survived by his parents, Raymond and Barbara Jurica, his sister Cynthia Jurica Page, brother-in-law Karl, niece Loren, nephew Tony, brother Jason Jurica and sister-in-law Gretchen, and beloved pets yellow lab Benelli and black cat Toby. Rammy also enjoyed taking Benelli for rides and said she rode “shotgun”, when they went out. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Anton and Effie (Genevieve) Jurica and maternal grandparents Joe and Mary Matous.

A memorial will be scheduled at a later date. If interested, a donation can be made in Rammy’s name to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.