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
  Nicky Laylon Boase

03/19/43

12/20/2008

  SSDI - Heart failure
  Tommy Burris

06/27/43

12/17/2010

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Gerald Lawrence "Larry" Byford

02/26/43

01/03/1999

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Herman Clark

11/25/42

01/20/1975

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Edd Raymond Cole

10/18/41

10/28/2010

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Robert Mack "Bobby" Cope

05/04/43

08/31/1980

  Confirmed - Leukemia
  Oma Ellen (Curd) Lippard

 Confirmed - Unknown
  Perry Max Davis

02/06/43

02/01/2000

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Marsha Lynn (Dumas) Brewer

06/12/43

12/26/1997

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Patti Diane (Feeler) Stamper

02/10/43

03/19/2002

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Betty (Gardner) Reichart

04/13/43

02/27/2010

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Charles James "Charlie" George, Jr.

10/23/42

03/27/1986

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Harold D. Hansen

08/25/42

05/1976

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Danny Jay "Dan" Harrell

10/29/42

07/19/2009

  Abilene Reporter News - Unknown
  Rebecca "Becky" (Hays) Tatum

08/19/43

11/09/1995

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Harry Kirby Heap

04/18/42

12/23/2007

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

02/02/43

05/25/1982

  Confirmed - Complications of diabetes
  Robert Lee "Bobby" Hurt

05/23/43

08/17/2010

  Odessa American online - After lengthy illness
  Linda Carol (Johnson) Childers

01/26/43

03/04/1992

  Confirmed - Heart disease
  Carole Frances Johnston

02/19/43

11/1999

  Confirmed - Heart disease
  Thomas S. "Tommy" Kershner

05/24/42

08/04/1966

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Steve Earl Lambert

09/01/43

06/30/2002

  Confirmed - Heart Attack
  Donna Sharon (Lasseter) Mangum

08/17/43

10/06/1996

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Jo Evelyn (Laughlin) Hanson

07/04/43

07/17/2003

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Martha Elizabeth Lyne

07/28/43

07/08/1997

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Frank Allen McCoy

11/22/42

03/08/2011

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Glen Arlen Middleton

02/06/42

07/1972

  Confirmed - Water skiing accident, head injury
  Sharon Annette (Morgan) Williams

10/08/42

04/29/1971

  Confirmed - Unknown
  James Dwayne Peach

06/12/42

11/04/1986

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

07/11/43

03/2001

  Confirmed - Unknown
  James Vance Phillips

01/27/43

05/06/1976

  Confirmed - Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire
  Larry Ewing Phillips

04/24/43

03/14/1975

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Olan Larry Phillips

09/05/42

06/21/1992

  Confirmed - Heart attack
  Gene Cameron Ray

06/11/43

03/03/2006

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Carol Edwinna (Sharp) Hurlbutt

10/11/43

03/03/2006

  Confirmed - Cancer
  Johnny Mack Smith

05/31/43

01/13/2005

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Bruce P. Stoddard

12/28/42

08/14/1997

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Larry Ewell Tatum

12/23/41

07/20/2010

  Confirmed - Heart failure following a long illness
  Doris Louise (Taylor) Bridges

06/29/43

05/20/2009

  Odessa American online - Following a brief illness
  Perry Alonzo Taylor

12/09/42

12/27/1987

  Confirmed - Unknown
  John Clinton VanMaanen

11/20/40

09/18/1991

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Aaron Andrew "Charley" Wharton

12/30/42

07/05/1994

  Confirmed SSDI - Self-inflicted

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