Travis Terrell Lamb passed away May 2nd, 2013, near College Station, Texas. He is survived by his father Matthew Lamb; mother Carol Lamb; sister Shannon Lamb; brother Dante Flores; stepmother Elizabeth Lamb; grandparents Claude Shannon, Carolyn & Gary Richardson, David Terrell, and Gene & Nancy Berry; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins in Texas, Florida, and California.
Born in Austin, Texas, on July 20, 1993, he excelled in school and had a 3rd degree black belt in taekwando. His family moved all around Texas in his early years but settled in San Antonio. He attended the Krueger School of Applied Technology magnet program, where he was on the rocketry team and took the Best Middle School Actor award for his portrayal of Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream. He went on to graduate 5th in his class from Roosevelt High School, attending their Engineering and Technology Academy. With numerous academic and R.O.T.C. awards, and a 4.0 grade point average, he was awarded academic scholarships at Texas A&M, where he was finishing his sophomore year in the Computer Science Dept. While there, he was active in many clubs and made many new friends. He worked for the physics department analyzing data for the Large Hedron Collider project in Switzerland and was excited about living in Madison, Wisconsin, this summer to code for Epic, a major medical software company.
Travis loved all things computer, but his passion was board games, including family game nights with grandparents & Pittmans, late night games with high school buddies, and all-night game marathons with his dorm friends. He had a passion for knowledge and loved to see how things work. He was a voracious reader and coded for fun. He was very close to his family and had a very special bond with his sister Shannon. He had a hilarious sense of humor and a great appreciation for a good (or bad) riddle, pun, or limerick. He never met a hat he didn't like, or wouldn't at least try on. His gift for connecting with people of all types won him many friends. He was nice to everyone and always championed the underdog.
Travis will long live in the hearts of all who knew him. To know him was to love him. The family would like to thank everyone who cared for Travis and give a special thanks to Stephanie Bristow for being Travis' rock.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to be made to his high school's Engineering & Technology Academy magnet program scholarship fund. Checks should be made out to ETA Alliance and sent to ETA at Roosevelt High School, 5110 Walzem Rd., San Antonio, TX 78218.
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