Camilo Martinez

Martinez
Dr. Camilo- Amado (Mayo) Martinez USN (Ret). Dr, Martinez was born on February 18, 1935 in Harlington, Texas. He is preceded in death by: his parents, Amado Martinez, Sr. and Bricelda Cano Martinez, son Amado, siblings Elida de la Fuente and Rene.
He is survived by his wife Elida Davila Martinez, sons David and Mario, and daughter Teresa, 8 grandchildren, 6 great grand children and sister, Maggie Ramirez. Amado graduated from HHS in 1953 and joined the Navy in 1955 retiring in 1976 as Senior Chief Aerographer (Meteorologist)
He served on 3 carriers, 1 DE and several overseas stations including Rota, Spain and Buenos Aires, Argentina. While in the Navy he attended University of Maryland and Old Dominion University. After retiring he continued to pursue a higher education.
He attended and earned a BA and MA at Pan American University and a PhD at Texas A&M College Station. He taught at PAU, CCSU, A&M Universities and Texas Tech University, from which he retired in 1998. While in the Navy, he acquired a love for reading. Prior to extended deployments, he would go to garage sales in search of books to buy and take along cruises. After retiring and attending school, he read all that was required for his classes. He promised himself that, upon his retiring from teaching, he would read for pleasure and that he did. While as a student and professor, Dr. Martinez was President of The Historical Honor Society, was faculty advisor to The Colombian Student Association, Young College Republican, Student's LULAC, and Faculty advisor to the first Hispanic fraternity in the United States Omega Delta Phi. He also served in various positions in the Lubbock, TX City Government, provided history sessions in Mexico's history during Fiestas Patrias and keynote speaker for "El Grito", Mexico's declaration of independence celebration. In 1985, he and two other professors represented the White House during Hispanic Awareness month in Corpus Christi, TX. Amado managed to accomplish much during his lifetime.
For his positive achievements he always credited God, Jehovah, and his dear wife, Elida. Without a doubt he experienced some failures, for them he always assumed full responsibility. Senior Chief Martinez had the privilege of serving as National Treasurer for the USS Kitty Hawk Veterans Association and as a member of the Scholarship Committee for the Naval Weather Service Association. He was, however, most proud of being a Member of East English Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM Sunday June 12, 2011 at American Heritage Funeral with funeral services at 2:00 PM. Interment will be held at Houston National Cemetery on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM