YOUNGSTOWN – Funeral services will be Wednesday at noon at the F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home for William James Whipple Jr., 65, who departed this life Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at Northside Medical Center.

Mr. Whipple was born Jan. 1, 1949, in Youngstown, Ohio (Mahoning County) a son of Willie J. and Ella Louise (Margaret) Gilmore Whipple.
He had formerly worked for General Motors.

He had trained and boxed for the Buckeye Elks and was a 126 lb. professional feather-weight boxer/Golden Glove winner, who was featured on the ESPN sports channel.

He loved detailing cars and was a volunteer for the Youngstown School District.

He leaves his mother of Harrisburg, Pa.; four children, Tarin Gayles of Pamona, Calif., Shronna Whipple (Anthony) Walters and Chivas Whipple, all of Youngstown, and Kevin Huff of New Albany, OH; two sisters, Patricia Allen of Harrisburg and Marie (Walter) Goggins of Bedford Heights, Ohio; five brothers, Wallace (Teri) Whipple and James Allen, both of Youngstown, Thomas Whipple of Pickerington, Ohio, David Whipple of Canton, Ohio and Wilbert Whipple of Atlanta; and a host of grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Friends may call one hour prior to the service on Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to noon, at the funeral home. - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/#sthash.N0rAaWiz.dpuf