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

09/05/1977

  Odessa American - Congestive heart failure
  Mark Allen Bates

07/04/60

11/22/2000

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  Barry James Blackstock

03/14/60

08/26/2008

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Carmen Branson

04/02/60

10/26/1979

  Odessa American online - Hepatitis
  Shari Anne Breaux

03/22/60

08/03/2000

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

05/27/60

10/06/1977

  Odessa American online - Before Graduation
  Cyrus Eldon Brooks

09/14/60

02/10/2004

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Ronald David Campbell

04/14/59

10/01/2009

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Rory Dean Campbell

08/28/59

12/10/1995

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

11/25/59

10/09/1995

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  William Jay Carpenter

04/19/60

11/10/2004

  Odessa American online - After a long illness
  Robert Wendell Cates

02/16/60

04/04/2009

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Daniel Cepero

07/23/60

11/25/2003

  Odessa American - Complications of diabetes
  David Wayne Clyburn

01/15/60

09/02/1989

  Odessa American online - Self-inflicted
  Mitchell James Coffee

08/12/60

03/13/1990

  Odessa American online - Drug overdose
  Lohn Edwin Combest

06/07/60

01/27/1991

  Odessa American online - Pneumonia
  Anthony "Craig" Combs

05/28/60

12/31/2005

  Odessa American online - Muscular Dystrophy
  James Earl Culvahouse

06/14/60

07/29/1988

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Paul Davis

11/21/59

09/23/1994

  Confirmed - Drug Overdose
  Sharon Denise (Dennis) Smallwood

12/29/59

06/25/2004

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

09/14/59

03/07/2006

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Richard Lee Driver, II

09/21/59

03/07/2003

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Craig Faulk

07/18/60

11/27/1980

  Odessa American - Self-inflicted
  Morris Eugene Follis

12/14/59

01/07/1983

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Tory Layne Foote

09/02/60

11/22/2009

  Odessa American online - Lung Cancer
  John Logan Foster

09/06/59

07/15/1994

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

01/13/60

05/03/2006

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Rhonda Renee Goetz

03/13/60

05/11/2009

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

12/21/59

06/22/2002

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Howard Weldon Haught

01/25/60

03/16/1982

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Michael "Mike" Keating

11/25/59

04/18/2002

  Odessa American online - Heart failure
  Kimberly "Kim" Kirklin

02/08/60

11/14/2003

  Odessa American - Reported to be self-inflicted
  James Raymond "Jim" LeMay, Jr.

01/28/60

10/12/2011

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Timothy James Lewis

01/13/60

12/06/2003

  Odessa American - Heart attack while hunting
  Cary Don Lindley

09/30/59

12/25/1996

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

01/20/60

12/06/1989

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Matthew Wayne Lummus

10/27/59

07/25/2001

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Stephen A. Lunsford

08/14/60

12/11/1978

  Odessa American - Accidental electrocution
  Elizabeth McCleskey

03/04/60

11/04/2001

  Confirmed - Unknown
  Karen (McFall) Spriggs

01/27/60

05/03/2007

  Odessa American online - Cancer
  Theodore Earl "Ted" Moore

06/23/60

02/07/2009

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Donna Marie Morris

07/06/60

10/02/2009

  Social Security Death Index - Unknown
  Ronald G. "Ron" Mullins

10/08/59

09/20/1996

  Confirmed - Auto accident
  Sherry Gay (Pearce) Williams

07/13/60

02/11/2011

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  James "Jim" Rachel

08/21/60

11/1977

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

10/23/59

08/10/1992

  Odessa American online - Unknown
  Jerry C. Walters

02/24/59

03/16/2002

  Odessa American online - Auto accident
  Willard Charles "Charley" Watts

03/31/60

01/05/2009

  Odessa American online - Hypothermia
  Clay Steven Wayman

06/02/60

01/21/2005

  Odessa American online - Brain Cancer
  Teddy Joe Whitmire, II

10/15/59

07/04/2004

  Odessa American - Accidental drug overdose
  Cynthia Ann "Cindy" (Yancy) Stephens

03/10/60

09/02/2011

  Odessa American online - Cancer

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