Matador families commemorate anniversary of deadly tornado

  • FAMILIES REMEMBER The Reece family, a dozen strong, traveled from Abilene, Texas, to Matador to mourn the death of Victor Valenzuela, Junior. | KCBD PHOTO
    FAMILIES REMEMBER The Reece family, a dozen strong, traveled from Abilene, Texas, to Matador to mourn the death of Victor Valenzuela, Junior. | KCBD PHOTO
  • Matador families commemorate anniversary of deadly tornado
    Matador families commemorate anniversary of deadly tornado
  • MUSIC AND ART FOR HEALING The West Texas Collective band performed Friday night for a community gathering on the courthouse square on Matador, as a way to mark the healing process a year later. T-shirts were on sale to also commemorate the event. | COURTESY PHOTOS
    MUSIC AND ART FOR HEALING The West Texas Collective band performed Friday night for a community gathering on the courthouse square on Matador, as a way to mark the healing process a year later. T-shirts were on sale to also commemorate the event. | COURTESY PHOTOS

    ANTHONY HALL | KCBD-TV MATADOR— Residents andvisitorsjoined mourning families Friday night in Matador to commemorate the one-year anniversary of a devastating and deadly tornado, honoring what and who they’ve lost, while recognizing what they’ve rebuilt.

    A single cross now stands on the side of the road in Matador, where the Reece family, a dozen strong, traveled from Abilene to Matador to mourn th…