Lucio Martinez Sanchez Jr.

Lucio Martinez Sanchez Jr., 68, of Cameron died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in a Temple hospital. 

Funeral services were held on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home with Deacon Jack Murphy officiating. Burial followed in the Hernandez Cemetery. Visitation and viewing was held Friday.

Mr. Sanchez was born in Cameron on Sept. 10, 1952, to Lucio B. and Blasa J. (Martinez) Sanchez. He was raised in Cameron and graduated in 1971 from C.H. Yoe High School.  He was a retired U. S. Army veteran after serving in Vietnam and the Gulf War.  He had also served in Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.  After retiring from the military, he went to work for security under governmental contract overseas and professional security services in the states.

Mr. Sanchez enjoyed spending time with his veteran friends and family. He enjoyed traveling to new destinations and meeting new people. He will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Young Hie Sanchez; a brother, Andres Sanchez; and sister, Carmen Sanchez Espino. 

He is survived by his son, Lucio Sanchez III of Temple; daughter, April Sanchez of Temple; brother, Ruben M. Sanchez and wife Josie of Temple; sister, Delores S. Acosta and husband Robert of Cameron; and three grandchildren, Charles Dylan Weaks, Abbie and Audrey Kuykendall, all of Temple.

Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home of Cameron is in charge of arrangements.