(Slaton) Rosary Service for Joe Garcia Martinez, 66, of Lubbock, will be Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in Englunds Chapel. Church Service will be 10:30 AMMonday, November 28, 2016 in The Lubbock Impact Inc. Chapel at 2707 34th St. in Lubbock with Rev. Tim Gonzales, officiating. Graveside will follow in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.Joe was born July 25, 1950, in Idalou, Texas to Leandro and Pauline (Garcia) Martinez. He attended Idalou Schools and went to work farming. In the 1990s, he became a painter in the construction industry. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Michelle Martinez in 1991.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Lydia, and four daughters, Brenda and husband Paul Aguirre, Lisa and husband Albert Aguirre, Joann and husband Jerry Salinas and Rachael and husband Sean Rubio, his father, Leandro and one brother, Leandro Martinez, Jr., four step-children, Rhonda Prieto, Juanita and husband Willie Servatius, Reynaldo Pena, Jr. and Jerry Pena and wife Angie, along with eleven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, 14 step grandchildren and 16 step great grandchildren.
