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Whibbs will be forever known for his commitment to public service and to his community. He served on the Board of Directors of the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce]], the [[Navy League]], [[United Way of Escambia County]] and the [[Fiesta of Five Flags]]. He served as Don Tristan DeLuna in 1986. He was on the board of trustees and served as vice president of the [[Naval Aviation Museum Foundation]] and was past president of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, [[Suburban Rotary Club]], the [[Gulf Coast Council of the Boy Scouts of America]] and [[Junior Achievement]]. He was past chairman of the [[Sacred Heart Hospital Board]]. An honorary member of the [[U.S. Navy Blue Angels]], Whibbs was the recipient of the Florida Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, was the [[Civitan Club]]'s Citizen of the Year, was awarded the Silver Antelope for service to Scouting and was a [[Rotary Paul Harris Fellow]]. The Secretary of the Navy honored Whibbs with the Navy Superior Service Medal for his service to the Navy community.
A former member of the boards of trustees of Pensacola Junior College and the University of West Florida, Whibbs was awarded an honorary doctorate by UWF for his many years of public service. A devoted and founding member of [[St. Paul's Catholic Church]], Whibbs was appointed by Pope John Paul II as a Knight of St. Gregory in 1995. After In the death final months of his life, he became a passionate advocate for the [[Vice Admiral Jack FettermanCommunity Maritime Park]] in Marchproject, 2006, Whibbs took over as occupying the third principal position in the [[Community Maritime ParkAssociates]] project. He was a passionate advocate for group after the plan until death of his own death on friend, [[Vice Admiral Jack Fetterman]]. At age 86, Mayor Emeritus Whibbs passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2006at his Pensacola home.
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{{succession box | before = [[?]] | title = [[Mayors of Pensacola|Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1977—1991 | after = [[John Fogg]]}}
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