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.

Permian High School Class of 1978 Memorials

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

Back
Return to class of 1978