Paul Santos was born in Houston, TX May 13, 1942 to Felix and Lula Santos. He was the 4th of 6 boys, He is survived by wife Rosalia Medina Izguerra, brother Ross Santos, and children Paul Anthony and Kate Santos and grandchildren PJ, Julia, Evan and Ciara Santos and Ian and Annika Salazar.

He joined the US Army on September 28, 1960. Once states side,he worked in the machine shop until he bought his first Dump Truck and started his own business Tandem Truck Service with then wife Hortencia Melendez Santos in the 1970’s.

In his youth he played baseball, loved to go boating and fishing and enjoyed watch the Houston Texans and especially love to watch the Astros. In his spare time he loved to watch war movies and westerns.