North Texas honors fallen Carrollton soldier ahead of weekend funeral

A North Texas community is coming together to honor a fallen soldier. They are making ribbons on Friday ahead of 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales’s funeral this weekend.Isabella Gonzales RememberedServices will be held on Saturday for Gonzales, who grew up in Carrollton and graduated from Hebron High School in 2025. She joined the United States Army shortly after graduation.There will be an honor ride beginning at 11 a.m. at Maverick Harley-Davidson that runs along Interstate 35E, up Josey Lane to Hebron High School, and then returns on Old Denton Road to the store.Gonzales’s funeral service will be at 6 p.m. at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.Volunteers will gather at 9 a.m. on Friday at Hebron High School to make ribbons that will pay tribute to Gonzales’s life and legacy.The ribbons will be distributed during Saturday’s funeral service as a symbol of remembrance and support for her family.Carrollton soldier killed in Iran warGonzales died on July 17 in an Iranian strike on a U