Vickie Mendez Bueno was born in Abilene, TX to Max and Mary Mendez on March 18, 1970. They moved to Salina, KS where she graduated from Southeast Of Saline High School and later attended Barton Community College. She had 4 children during her marriage to Cervando Lopez. She later relocated her and her children to Abilene, TX where she began her career with TDCJ at the Robertson Unit in 2009. She then later remarried Fernando Bueno Martinez on December 31, 2014. Vickie Mendez Bueno was preceded in death by her father, Max Mendez and her grandson Grayson. Vickie Mendez Bueno is survived by her husband, Fernando, her children Ashley, Crystal, Austin and Veronica Lopez, her mother, Mary Mendez and her grandchildren, Matthew, Emberlyn, Roman and Selena.