Family and community members gathered at an Oak Cliff church Tuesday to pay respects to a mother and toddler who died in last month’s apartment explosion.
Marisol Perez and her 18-month-old son Eric died May 30 after investigators say excavators hit a natural gas line, followed by an explosion and structure fire at The Clyde apartments on East Ninth Street and Patton Avenue.
Perez’s 10-year-old daughter Vanessa and other family members wore pink T-shirts to Tuesday’s service with a photo of Perez and Eric. Another carried a framed photo of mother and son, as family followed the pallbearers and Perez’s husband into the church during the procession…