[2] Born in Houston, Texas, Garcia graduated from high school in Gibsonburg, Ohio.
[1] Garcia was an hourly supervisor for Libbey-Owens Ford, retiring in the 1980s.
He started as a Democrat and became a Republican before he was voted into the Ohio House.
[1] Garcia, a Methodist, married Dolores and had five children.
He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on March 26, 2003.