If you have any information about a deceased classmate from the class of 1978, please send it Here , but NOTE!!!! If you are submitting information regarding the passing of a classmate, please include a screen shot, cut and paste of the document, or link to the online obituary or source (Odessa American Online, Legacy, Find a Grave, SSA, etc.) documenting the death. The information should include at a minimum the full name (including maiden name), the date of birth, and the date of death, along with cause of death if available. Failure to provide this complete information may result in your submission being denied for update as only documented deaths may be added to the memory pages for legal reasons and the owner of this site has limited resources available to research rumored but undocumented deaths. A special thanks to Vickie Kay Maddox, 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. |
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Permian High School Class of 1978 Memorials |
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Name |
DOB |
DOD |
Confirmation - Cause of death |
Gregory Reuben Ashley |
03/04/1960 |
07/11/2018 |
Odessa American - Heart Disease |
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 |
Jerry Lee Campbell |
04/23/2012 |
Odessa American online - Cancer | |
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 |
William Allan Cowan |
08/06/1960 |
02/13/2017 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Herbie Crane |
04/25/60 |
09/24/13 |
Confirmed - Liver Disease |
James Earl Culvahouse |
06/14/60 |
07/29/1988 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Bruce Wayne Cunningham |
10/05/59 |
01/12/2013 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Paul Edward Davis |
12/24/1958 |
08/02/1993 |
Confirmed - Drug Overdose |
Sharon Denise (Dennis) Smallwood |
12/29/59 |
06/25/2004 |
Odessa American online - Heart failure |
Keith Dillingham |
11/19/1959 |
09/14/2016 |
Confirmed - Cancer |
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 |
Jimmy Dean Fincher |
06/15/1960 |
01/12/2018 |
Odessa American - Unknown |
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 - Breast Cancer |
Howard Weldon Haught |
01/25/60 |
03/16/1982 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Dennis Guy Huffty |
12/19/1959 |
9/29/2014 |
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 |
William Duncan 'Rusty' Mann |
12/12/1959 |
08/21/2017 |
Odessa American - Long illness |
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 |
01/24/1960 |
08/05/1984 |
Confirmed - Auto accident |
Gregory Scott Norman |
7/25/1960 |
10/24/2012 |
Confirmed - Cancer |
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) |
Rita (Ramsay) Given |
5/26/1959 |
2/5/2015 |
Confirmed - Amarillo Online - Unknown |
Theresa Irene (Rockafellow) Cathey |
04/17/1960 |
09/25/2016 |
Odessa American Online - Cancer |
Kirk Douglas Shoemake |
10/23/59 |
08/10/1992 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Carol Elaine (Stone) Kemp |
11/10/1959 |
04/25/2018 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Carla Y. (Sweatt) Gladden-Malone |
11/12/1959 |
09/22/2018 |
Odessa American online - Unknown |
Billy John Troglin |
08/29/1960 |
12/26/2016 |
Confirmed - Unknown |
Traci Joyce (Venable) Jarrell |
08/18/1961 |
01/13/1996 |
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 |
Russell Wilson |
11/28/1959 |
1/19/2015 |
Odessa American online - Mesothelioma |
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" (Yancy) Stephens |
03/10/60 |
09/02/2011 |
Odessa American online - Cancer |