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August 2, 1984 – March 26, 2021

Kyle Tracy Justus Martin, one of the brightest lights in this world and “one real good-looking guy”, went home to meet his best friend, Jesus, on March 26, 2021.   Kyle is a man that, whether he knew it or not, embraced his purpose with unmatched enthusiasm!  He is a man with a legacy and his mark on the world is significant in ways that we all dream to achieve.  

Kyle was born in California, August 2, 1984 and this inspired his great love of California and the beach. He had dreams of one day revisiting the beach that still called to him, making plans for future travels.  He shared his hopes, dreams, and positive, encouraging messages to the world through social media and brought a smile to the faces of all who followed him, inviting people to “Check it out and Enjoy!”.  

Kyle loved to make lists – in fact, he had a list of the lists he wanted to make!  If we created a list of all the qualities that made Kyle special, it would wrap around the earth ten times.  Kyle was a man of many passions: good movies, baseball, cooking, Tallianos pizza (white sauce and pepperoni of course), good ol’ Hulk Hogan, Ronda Rousey, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario Brothers, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson” rocks big time too! While all these superficial things brought him joy in life, what truly mattered to him most were his friends and family and his love for God and Jesus.  

There is not a person on this planet who met Kyle that did not make an instant best friend and champion supporter. Kyle took time out of EVERY single day to write messages, hand-written in some cases, to those he loved and cared about.  He NEVER forgot a birthday and was the first person to give you a birthday wish every year.  His personal messages covered a variety of topics but were custom tailored to each person and their life.  He may want to tell you about a great new recipe or movie, reminisce about old times, but most importantly, he wanted to encourage others and remind them to be positive, to believe in themselves, tell someone they were “handsome as heck”, and to know what a blessing they were! If you were lucky enough to be Kyle’s muse in one of his portraits, he thoughtfully and carefully spent time with each line and stroke, pouring his love into his masterpiece of you.  

Kyle’s faith in God and Jesus was inspiring and enviable; if ever the term “prayer-warrior” was an honest representation of a human – it was Kyle!!  He prayed for everyone he knew, for people he didn’t know but wanted to, and for his ability to gain confidence and continue being the positive person he was.  He had a special relationship with Jesus and God and there is no doubt the celebration for his homecoming rang throughout Heaven and “rock and rolled, big time too”!

One of Kyle’s final Facebook Posts sums up the man he was and the person we should all strive to be.  Check this out you all, and enjoy, big time too:

Miracles and Dreams do come true everybody. If you all want them bad enough just pray and have a lot of faith. As long as you all have faith in a lot big time. Anything is possible with God and Jesus big time to. So pray and keep your faith and pray for anything you want and set a goal and take one step at a time but first keep the lord in your life and pray every day and keep God and Jesus in your life a lot and you shall succeed in your goals big time to. So pray for whatever the heck you all want and you shall get it and work for it to big time to. Enjoy you all big time.

Kyle is preceded in death by his father, Kelly Martin and his beloved dog, Toby.  He is survived by his mother Dode (Sharon) Evans, stepfather Greg Evans, sisters Shana Mae Evans, and Andrea Evans LaFever (Matt), brothers Russell Hunter and Kaylen McKenna, and nieces and nephew: Keylie, Natalie, Madison, and Connor.  A celebration for Kyle’s life will be held at Watson Park 5:30 pm Saturday, April 3 for friends and family to honor this extraordinary man’s, extraordinary life.