Jaime Alejandro Garza passed away suddenly in his sleep at his home in Newport Beach, California on Saturday, January 1, 2022. Born and raised in San Antonio, he spent 3 years in his beloved city of New Orleans before calling Southern California home. Growing up as the second of four children, Jaime claimed his family title of “Mr. Invincible” many times over: he ran with the bulls in Pamplona, backflipped off waterfalls in Hawaii, and chased morning swells in the Pacific. There was never a mountain peak too high, an ocean wave too big, a cliff too tall or a vehicle too fast for Jaime to conquer. Jaime lived life to the fullest, all while putting his family first. He wouldn’t let a day pass without sharing his love of life with each person he met.
After graduating from Tom C. Clark High School, Jaime pursued a bachelor’s from UTSA in Communications and Public Relations. In his first career with the New Orleans Saints, his bosses described him as one of the most passionate, dependable, and talented young men that they had worked with. It was during Jaime’s time with the NFL, that he decided he wanted to be on the other side of the "big table'' and set his sights on Whittier Law School in Orange County, California. Upon law school graduation Jaime’s entrepreneurial spirit drove him into the industrial hemp business, enabling him to make new business connections up and down the Pacific coast. Then 2020 came, which was a difficult year for many businesses, including Jaime’s. Never one to sit idle, Jaime obtained a master’s in law degree in Cyber and Privacy Law from the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law to establish the next phase of his law and business career. And sure enough, before his family and friends had time to blink, he started Daylight Industries, a cyber security consulting business. Jaime achieved his dream of being an entrepreneur and 2022 was his for the taking.
It’s been said by many, that Jaime lived more in his short 34 years than most men live in a lifetime. Jaime taught himself to surf and spent most mornings in the California waves. He spent eight weeks in Barcelona where he enjoyed entertaining his peers, making new friends, and teaching them all to cook. Jaime’s friends, cousins, aunts, uncles, and siblings describe his captivating smile as never having met a stranger. Jaime made people feel that it was because of them that he was who he was. As he grew into his adulthood, Jaime took many he met under his wing. A younger housemate of his said that Jaime had changed his life. Jaime taught him how to dress, groom, carry confidence, and work hard. And no matter what, practice patience and tolerance with others just as he taught his brothers. These wise lessons he carried to his family in these past few years. His father said that Jaime had begun to help him be a better man. The student had become the teacher and he made his parents proud.
Jaime was preceded in death by both of his grandfathers, Jaime H. Garza, and Mervin L. Trail. He is survived by his grandmothers Graciela S. Garza, Edythe W. Trail, his parents Jaime and Lisa Garza, his sister Sevilla, brother-in-law Chad, his brothers Carlo and Cristian, his nephew Mateo, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. We will all carry a piece of Jaime within our hearts in remembrance. We will miss Jaime every day.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Services will be held at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.
The family will receive friends beginning at 6:00pm on
Monday, January 17th with a vigil beginning at 7:00pm.
A celebration of life Mass at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
will be offered on Tuesday, January 18th at 11:00am,
followed immediately by a reception in the church hall.
*The family asks everyone to consider wearing a mask at the vigil and Mass
in an effort to keep our most vulnerable loved ones safe.
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