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Amanda Lee Martin: Sept. 25, 1980-July 4, 2025

Amanda was a beautiful, kind, generous, loving person who everybody who knew her loved her. Amanda admired every cactus plant that crossed her path and a true passion for connection with nature and enjoying what the outdoors had to offer. She will always be remembered as the sweetest thing on this side of heaven.


Amanda Lee Martin went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 4, 2025. She was born on September 25, 1980, in Durant, Oklahoma. She attended school in Odessa, Texas, graduating from Permian High School in 1999. She married the love of her life Bobby Martin, and together they had a blended family of four beautiful children. Amanda and Bobby were victims of the Kerrville flood.

Amanda was a beautiful, kind, generous, loving person who everybody who knew her loved her. Amanda admired every cactus plant that crossed her path and a true passion for connection with nature and enjoying what the outdoors had to offer. She will always be remembered as the sweetest thing on this side of heaven.

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Amanda is preceded in death by her sister Amy Dawn King; her father Donald Wayne Stice; her husband Robert “Bobby” Martin; and her bonus son, Bailey James Martin. Amanda is dancing in heaven with them now.

She is survived by her children, Austin Martin, Ethan Martin, her bonus daughter, Lauren Martin and Addison Martin; her mother Toni Stice and her sister Pamela Wheels and husband Bennie, and her brother Gary Galindo; nieces and nephews Brooke, Brittany, Cameron, Derek, Adriana, Jacob, and Brianna.

She also leaves behind many wonderful and close friends, and her EOG co-workers.

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Growing up in Southern California, Louis Amestoy remained connected to Texas as the birthplace of his father and grandfather. Texas was always a presence in the family’s life. Amestoy’s great-grandparents settled in San Antonio, Texas, drawn by the city’s connections to Mexico and the region’s German communities. In 2019, Louis Amestoy saw an opportunity to make a home in Texas. After 30 years of working for corporate media chains, Louis Amestoy saw a chance to establish an independent voice in the Texas Hill Country. He launched The Lead to be that vehicle. With investment from Meta, Amestoy began independently publishing on Aug. 9, 2021. The Amestoys have called Kerrville home since 2019.

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