Over $35,000 raised for slain 11-year-old
Funds to be used for cemetery costs, a celebration of life gathering for girl
The San Marcos community and beyond has raised more than $35,000 for the family of Isabella Gomez, the 11-year-old girl who was hit and killed by a car in the parking lot of Goodnight Middle School last Friday.
The Gofundme account was started over the weekend by Lisa Rawlings, who is Isabella’s grandmother. The fundraiser was initially meant to cover funeral and burial costs, but Thomason Funeral Home in San Marcos offered to cover the costs for the services. The funds raised will instead be used for cemetery costs and a celebration of life gathering.
The Gofundme account had raised $35,173 as of Wednesday afternoon. Thomason Funeral Home confirmed the Gofundme is being operated by Isabella’s direct family and the proceeds are honoring her memory.
Isabella was hit and killed by a car in the dropoff line of Goodnight Middle School about 8:30 a.m. Friday.
The driver of the car, whose name has not been released, will not face charges, according to the San Marcos Police Department. Classes at Goodnight were canceled for the rest of Friday, and parents picked up their students at San Marcos High School.
A vigil was held Saturday morning to honor and remember Isabella. A
small memorial stands in the parking lot of Goodnight Middle School. Schools across San Marcos Consolidated Independent
School District wore purple and black — Goodnight’s school colors — to honor the girl Monday.
In a Facebook post, Isabella’s grandmother wrote that she is a “daughter, she is a big sister, she is a granddaughter, she is a niece, a cousin, a friend, and a child of God.”
“She will forever be in our hearts,” Rawlings wrote, saying the family is “broken” over her death.
Rawlings referred to Isabella in the Gofundme description as “such a sweet, smart, beautiful girl with such a contagious personality.”
Her funeral service and celebration of life is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Thomason Funeral Home, 2001 Old Ranch Road 12 in San Marcos. The service is open to the public.