If you have any information about a deceased classmate from the class of 1978, 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

  Gregory M. "Greg" Baker

09/09/59

09/05/77

  Odessa American - Congestive heart failure
  Mark Allen Bates

07/04/60

11/22/00

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  Carmen Branson

04/02/60

10/26/79

  Odessa American online - Hepatitis
  Shari Anne Breaux

03/22/60

08/03/00

  Odessa American online - After a long illness
  Christopher Jason "Chris" Breithaupt

05/27/60

10/06/77

  Odessa American online - Before Graduation
  Cyrus Eldon Brooks

09/14/60

02/10/04

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Rory Dean Campbell

08/28/59

12/10/95

  Odessa American - Accidentally contracted HIV
  Christopher Don "Chris" Carpenter

11/25/59

10/09/95

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  William Jay Carpenter

04/19/60

11/10/04

  Odessa American online - After a long illness
  Daniel Cepero

07/23/60

11/25/03

  Odessa American - Complications of diabetes
  David Wayne Clyburn

01/15/60

09/02/89

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  Mitchell James Coffee

08/12/60

03/13/90

  Odessa American online - Drug overdose
  Lohn Edwin Combest

06/07/60

01/27/91

  Odessa American online - Pneumonia
  Anthony "Craig" Combs

05/28/60

12/31/05

  Odessa American online - Muscular Dystrophy
  James Earl Culvahouse

06/14/60

07/29/88

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Paul Davis

11/21/59

09/23/94

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Sharon Denise (Dennis) Smallwood

12/29/59

06/25/04

  Odessa American online - Heart failure
  Jerry Dale "J.D." Dixon

09/14/59

03/07/06

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Richard Lee Driver, II

09/21/59

03/07/03

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Craig Faulk

07/18/60

11/27/80

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  Morris Eugene Follis

12/14/59

01/07/83

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  John Logan Foster

09/06/59

07/15/94

  Odessa American - Complications after surgery
  Bernice D. "Berni" Gainey

01/13/60

05/03/06

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Marcia J. (Groves) Fosnaugh

12/21/59

06/22/02

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Howard Weldon Haught

01/25/60

03/16/82

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Michael "Mike" Keating

11/25/59

04/18/02

  Odessa American online - Heart failure
  Kimberly "Kim" Kirklin

02/08/60

11/14/03

  Odessa American - Reported to be self-inflicted
  Timothy J. Lewis

01/13/60

12/06/03

  Odessa American online - Hunting accident
  Cary Don Lindley

09/30/59

12/25/96

  Odessa American online - Private plane crash
  Jack "Eric" Litton

01/20/60

12/06/89

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Mary Lopez

 Unable to Confirm - Unknown
  Matthew Wayne Lummus

10/27/59

07/25/01

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Stephen A. Lunsford

08/14/60

12/11/78

  Odessa American - Accidental electrocution
  Elizabeth McCleskey

03/04/60

11/04/01

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Karen (McFall) Spriggs

01/27/60

05/03/07

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Ronald G. "Ron" Mullins

10/08/59

09/20/96

  Confirmed - Auto accident
  James "Jim" Rachel

08/21/60

11/1977

  Odessa American - Auto accident (before graduation)
  Kirk Douglas Shoemake

10/23/59

08/10/92

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Jerry C. Walters

02/24/59

03/16/02

  Odessa American online - Auto accident
  Clay Steven Wayman

06/02/60

01/21/05

  Odessa American online - Brain Cancer
  Teddy Joe Whitmire, II

10/15/59

07/04/04

  Odessa American - Accidental drug overdose

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