If you have any information about a deceased classmate from the class of 1961, please send it Here.

A special thanks to Bobbie (Collier) Badger, class of 1971, for her tireless help in trying to find the most accurate
information possible about our deceased classmates. Her assistance has greatly improved the value of this site.

Name

DOB

DOD

Confirmation - Cause of death

  Jay Blackshear

05/15/42

04/1981

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Gerald Lawrence "Larry" Byford

02/26/43

01/03/99

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Herman Clark

11/25/42

01/20/75

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Robert Mack "Bobby" Cope

05/04/43

08/31/80

  Confirmed - Leukemia
  Oma Ellen (Curd) Lippard

 Confirmed - Unknown
  Perry Max Davis

02/06/43

02/01/00

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Marsha Lynn (Dumas) Brewer

06/12/43

12/26/97

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Patti Diane (Feeler) Stamper

02/10/43

03/19/02

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Charles James "Charlie" George, Jr.

10/23/42

03/27/86

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Harold D. Hansen

08/25/42

05/1976

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Rebecca "Becky" (Hays) Tatum

08/19/43

11/09/95

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Harry Kirby Heap

04/18/42

12/23/07

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Chester W. Howery, Jr.

02/02/43

05/25/82

  Confirmed - Complications of diabetes
  Linda Carol (Johnson) Childers

01/26/43

03/04/92

  Confirmed - Heart disease
  Carole Frances Johnston

02/19/43

11/1999

  Confirmed - Heart disease
  Thomas S. "Tommy" Kershner

05/24/42

08/04/66

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Steve Earl Lambert

09/01/43

06/30/02

  Confirmed - Heart Attack
  Donna Sharon (Lasseter) Mangum

08/17/43

10/06/96

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Jo Evelyn (Laughlin) Hanson

07/04/43

07/17/03

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Martha Elizabeth Lyne

07/28/43

07/08/97

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Glen Arlen Middleton

02/06/42

07/1972

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Sharon Annette (Morgan) Williams

10/08/42

04/29/71

  Confirmed - Unknown
  James Dwayne Peach

06/12/42

11/04/86

  Confirmed - Heart failure, several years after bypass surgery
  Jack Edward Petty

07/11/43

03/2001

  Confirmed - Unknown
  James Vance Phillips

01/27/43

05/06/76

  Confirmed - Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire
  Larry Ewing Phillips

04/24/43

03/14/75

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Olan Larry Phillips

09/05/42

06/21/92

  Confirmed - Heart attack
  Gene Cameron Ray

06/11/43

03/03/06

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Carol Edwinna (Sharp) Hurlbutt

10/11/43

03/03/06

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Johnny Mack Smith

05/31/43

01/13/05

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Bruce P. Stoddard

12/28/42

08/14/97

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Perry Alonzo Taylor

12/09/42

12/27/87

  Confirmed - Unknown
  John Clinton VanMaanen

11/20/40

09/18/91

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Aaron Andrew "Charley" Wharton

12/30/42

07/05/94

  Confirmed - Unknown

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