Jimmy was both a Boy Scout and a baseball player as a child. After graduating from high school he attended some college and gained a certification and was licensed to sale life insurance. Jimmy work for American National Life Insurance for some years. Both before and after working in life insurance, Jimmy worked as a tow truck driver where he worked for a few different companies for the majority of his career; before being medically retired.
Jimmy suffered multiple medical elements throughout his life. These medical issues became more severe and debilitating over the last 15 years. In the last years, the severity of his diabetes caused kidney disease and put strain on his heart; which was already weakened from years of heart disease. Jimmy succumb to kidney failure and cardiac arrest on July 25, 2026.
Jimmy was proceeded in death by his parents Jim and Linda Martin.
Jimmy is survived by his sister Melinda Shipley-Beggs and family, his brother Patrick Martin and daughter Klair, his brother James Robert Martin(Jr) and sister Icela Martin.
