Madelyn "Mattie" Rios Fuller, age 55, entered God's Heavenly Kingdom on March 12, 2020.
She was born to her parents of Fernando Rios and Lucy Martinez Gonzalez on March 12, 1965 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Mattie was a graduate of Mary Carroll High School in 1983. She would begin her education career at Corpus Christi Independent School District while earning her Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood Development at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi in 2009. She then continued her career at St. Helen's Catholic Church in Pearland, Texas; where she taught Pre-K.

Mattie had a genuine heart, full of love and care; she never hesitated to extend this compassion to each person she came across. She was always ready to greet you with her beautiful smile; some would say she never met a stranger.

She is preceded in death by her grandson, Elliott McGee.

She is survived by her husband Paul Fuller; her father Fernando Rios (Thelma); mother Lucy Martinez Gonzalez (Richard); her siblings: Mike Rios (Michelle), Barbie Rios (Josh) and Janice Rios; her beloved children: Michelle Garcia, Marissa Castillo (Guillermo), Mike Garcia II (fiancé Josh Benavidez); step-daughter Jiovanna Fuller; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, coworkers and her students whom she adored.

Public visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2020 with a Holy Rosary to be recited at 7:00 p.m. that evening at Guardian Funeral Home Chapel ''A'' 5922 Crosstown (S.H. 286)
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020 at SS. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church 3210 SPID / Kostoryz
Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery 8200 Old Brownsville Rd.