James R. Martinez

Memorial Services will be held at 12PM on March 19th 2022 at Palm Northwest Mortuary & Cemetery.

James was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming to John and MaryAnn Martinez on January 14, 1969. He graduated from Central High School in 1988. Married his wife Andrea on January 26, 1990 with who he had two children, James and Alyssa. He graduated from Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprentice Training Center Local 207 in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1998. They relocated their family to Las Vegas where he later retired after 21 years of Sheet Metal work with the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. He started his barbeque business Smoke Shack LV and loved building smokers and cooking smoked food for everyone. He enjoyed going to Cheyenne for Frontier Days and cooking BBQ in his home town.

He loved coaching baseball, hunting, fishing, camping traveling and being a beloved grandfather.

He is preceded in death by his father John Martinez.

James is survived by his spouse of 32 years, Andrea Martinez; son, James R. Martinez Jr (Brisna Martinez); his daughter, Alyssa Castaneda-Padilla (Esteban Castaneda-Padilla); his beloved puppy Bella Luna; mother MaryAnn Moyte (Richard Moyte), sister Lorie Cisneros (Tim Cisneros); brother John Martinez, and six grandchildren, Omar, James, Natalie, Elsie, Emilio, and Camila.

Memorials may be given to his wife, Andrea.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmnorthwest.com for the Martinez family.