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Martinez was one of two children born at the age of sixty-three to Mercurio Martinez, Sr. (1876-1965), and his third wife, the 42-year-old former Cristina Treviño. The senior Martinez was a descendant of [[Spain|Spanish]]-[[Mexico|Mexican]] pioneers who had settled on the banks of the [[Rio Grande]] in the mid-eighteenth century. An educator and public official in his native Zapata County, Martinez subsequently practiced law in Laredo until 1942, when he retired at the age of sixty-six. He continued to associate with other lawyers on occasional cases dealing with land ownership and engaged in historical research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tamucush/00083/tamu-00083.html|title=Inventory of the Mercurio Martinez Papers|publisher=Texas A&M University|accessdate=July 27, 2020}}</ref>The younger sister of Martinez, Jr., is named Rosa, which is also the name of his wife, the former Rosa Ancira, whom he married in 1959. Mercurio and Rosa Martinez have six children, Leticia, Adriana, Mercurio, III, Jorge, Carlos, and Rosalycia.<ref name=lisd/>

Martinez was one of two children born at the age of sixty-three to Mercurio Martinez, Sr. (1876-1965), and his third wife, the 42-year-old former Cristina Treviño. The senior Martinez was a descendant of [[Spain|Spanish]]-[[Mexico|Mexican]] pioneers who had settled on the banks of the [[Rio Grande]] in the mid-eighteenth century. An educator and public official in his native Zapata County, Martinez subsequently practiced law in Laredo until 1942, when he retired at the age of sixty-six. He continued to associate with other lawyers on occasional cases dealing with land ownership and engaged in historical research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tamucush/00083/tamu-00083.html|title=Inventory of the Mercurio Martinez Papers|publisher=Texas A&M University|accessdate=July 27, 2020}}</ref>The younger sister of Martinez, Jr., is named Rosa, which is also the name of his wife, the former Rosa Ancira, whom he married in 1959. Mercurio and Rosa Martinez have six children, Leticia, Adriana, Mercurio, III, Jorge, Carlos, and Rosalycia.<ref name=lisd/>

Martinez, Jr., was reared in the downtown La Azteca neighborhood of Laredo and graduated from St. Augustine Parochial School, then located downtown next to St. Agustin Cathedral. He studied at Laredo Junior College (since Laredo College).<ref name=bio/> He was exempt from [[conscription]] in the 1960s because he was a married father.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/template-stories-indiv.html?work_urn=urn%3Autlol%3Awwlatin.717&work_title=Martinez%2C+Mercurio|title=Vidushi Shrimali, "Mercurio Martinez, Jr."|publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=April 28, 2014}}</ref>From 1968 to 1978, Martinez was trustee of LJC and its parent organization, the Laredo Independent School District.<ref name=tamiudocument/>  

Martinez, Jr., was reared in the downtown La Azteca neighborhood of Laredo and graduated from St. Augustine Parochial School, then located downtown next to St. Agustin Cathedral. He studied at Laredo Junior College (since Laredo College).<ref name=bio/> He was exempt from [[conscription]] in the 1960s because he was a married father.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/template-stories-indiv.html?work_urn=urn%3Autlol%3Awwlatin.717&work_title=Martinez%2C+Mercurio|author=Vidushi Shrimali|title=Mercurio Martinez, Jr.publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=July 27, 2020}}</ref>From 1968 to 1978, Martinez was trustee of LJC and its parent organization, the Laredo Independent School District.<ref name=tamiudocument/>  

Since 2004, he has served  on the elected LCC board of trustees. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 1959 from St. Mary's University in [[San Antonio]]. He procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from the University of North Texas in Denton.

Since 2004, he has served  on the elected LCC board of trustees. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 1959 from St. Mary's University in [[San Antonio]]. He procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from the University of North Texas in Denton.