Martin Randall Whipp, 41, an avid fisherman and craftsman, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at his home at Eagle Mountain Lake.
Martin was a 1980 graduate of Boswell High School, after which he attended Tarrant County College, where he majored in airframe and powerplant mechanics.
As a young man, Martin was a member of the FFA in Keller, and enjoyed motorcycle riding, snow and water skiing and sailing. During a period in the 1980s, he was the proprietor of Southwest Propeller Service in Lake Worth. Although a welder by trade, Martin had talents for poetry, song-writing and wood-carving.
A lover of nature and the simple things, Martin was known for his kind-hearted, jovial spirit. He will be remembered not for possessions or accomplishments, but for who he was outwardly and in his heart--"just a good friend."
Martin was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Alta B. Martin of Lancaster and Mary C. Whipp of Houston; and a paternal aunt, Mary Sue Hubbard, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survivors: Parents, Harry and Ann Whipp; brother, Greg and wife, Teresa; niece, Anna of Fort Worth; sister, Tyla Holsomback; nephew, Kade Holsomback of Fort Worth; paternal aunt and uncle, Nancy and Tommy Matthews of Groveton; maternal aunt, Charlotte Rasco of Dallas; eternal friends, Rick and Randy Steppick of Fort Worth, Mike Nagle of Tulsa, Okla., Clay Stallons of Keller; and many other relatives, friends and family pets who loved him.
Martin was a 1980 graduate of Boswell High School, after which he attended Tarrant County College, where he majored in airframe and powerplant mechanics.
As a young man, Martin was a member of the FFA in Keller, and enjoyed motorcycle riding, snow and water skiing and sailing. During a period in the 1980s, he was the proprietor of Southwest Propeller Service in Lake Worth. Although a welder by trade, Martin had talents for poetry, song-writing and wood-carving.
A lover of nature and the simple things, Martin was known for his kind-hearted, jovial spirit. He will be remembered not for possessions or accomplishments, but for who he was outwardly and in his heart--"just a good friend."
Martin was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Alta B. Martin of Lancaster and Mary C. Whipp of Houston; and a paternal aunt, Mary Sue Hubbard, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survivors: Parents, Harry and Ann Whipp; brother, Greg and wife, Teresa; niece, Anna of Fort Worth; sister, Tyla Holsomback; nephew, Kade Holsomback of Fort Worth; paternal aunt and uncle, Nancy and Tommy Matthews of Groveton; maternal aunt, Charlotte Rasco of Dallas; eternal friends, Rick and Randy Steppick of Fort Worth, Mike Nagle of Tulsa, Okla., Clay Stallons of Keller; and many other relatives, friends and family pets who loved him.
Martin Randall Whipp, 41, an avid fisherman and craftsman, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at his home at Eagle Mountain Lake.
Martin was a 1980 graduate of Boswell High School, after which he attended Tarrant County College, where he majored in airframe and powerplant mechanics.
As a young man, Martin was a member of the FFA in Keller, and enjoyed motorcycle riding, snow and water skiing and sailing. During a period in the 1980s, he was the proprietor of Southwest Propeller Service in Lake Worth. Although a welder by trade, Martin had talents for poetry, song-writing and wood-carving.
A lover of nature and the simple things, Martin was known for his kind-hearted, jovial spirit. He will be remembered not for possessions or accomplishments, but for who he was outwardly and in his heart--"just a good friend."
Martin was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Alta B. Martin of Lancaster and Mary C. Whipp of Houston; and a paternal aunt, Mary Sue Hubbard, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survivors: Parents, Harry and Ann Whipp; brother, Greg and wife, Teresa; niece, Anna of Fort Worth; sister, Tyla Holsomback; nephew, Kade Holsomback of Fort Worth; paternal aunt and uncle, Nancy and Tommy Matthews of Groveton; maternal aunt, Charlotte Rasco of Dallas; eternal friends, Rick and Randy Steppick of Fort Worth, Mike Nagle of Tulsa, Okla., Clay Stallons of Keller; and many other relatives, friends and family pets who loved him.
Martin was a 1980 graduate of Boswell High School, after which he attended Tarrant County College, where he majored in airframe and powerplant mechanics.
As a young man, Martin was a member of the FFA in Keller, and enjoyed motorcycle riding, snow and water skiing and sailing. During a period in the 1980s, he was the proprietor of Southwest Propeller Service in Lake Worth. Although a welder by trade, Martin had talents for poetry, song-writing and wood-carving.
A lover of nature and the simple things, Martin was known for his kind-hearted, jovial spirit. He will be remembered not for possessions or accomplishments, but for who he was outwardly and in his heart--"just a good friend."
Martin was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Alta B. Martin of Lancaster and Mary C. Whipp of Houston; and a paternal aunt, Mary Sue Hubbard, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survivors: Parents, Harry and Ann Whipp; brother, Greg and wife, Teresa; niece, Anna of Fort Worth; sister, Tyla Holsomback; nephew, Kade Holsomback of Fort Worth; paternal aunt and uncle, Nancy and Tommy Matthews of Groveton; maternal aunt, Charlotte Rasco of Dallas; eternal friends, Rick and Randy Steppick of Fort Worth, Mike Nagle of Tulsa, Okla., Clay Stallons of Keller; and many other relatives, friends and family pets who loved him.
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