The Class of 78′ has lost 52 wonderful classmates over the years, but no matter how many years pass, they will never be far from our thoughts.
(Special thanks to John David Allen for compiling and sharing this list. If you know of additional classmates that we have lost and are not on this list, please let us know. Thank You!)
| Maiden and/or Last Name | First and Middle Name | DOB | DOD |
| ALLEN | TRACEY | 3/28/1960 | 10/4/2017 |
| ARD BURNS | SANDY | 1/23/1960 | 5/9/2002 |
| BALL | PHILLIP | 10/26/1959 | 12/18/2012 |
| BELL | DENNIS | 1/2/1960 | 6/26/1992 |
| BLOUNT | MIKE | 2/18/1960 | 6/26/2012 |
| BROWN | CRAIG | 1/20/1959 | 2/27/2009 |
| BULLOCK NICHOLS | DENISE LYNN | 7/19/1960 | 2/9/1996 |
| BYRD | JERRY | 1/31/1960 | 9/18/1978 |
| CAREY | CAREY | ||
| CHEEK | CRAIG | 6/12/1960 | |
| CONNOR | VON | 7/24/1960 | 8/21/1976 |
| COX | TERRY | ||
| DEDMAN GREER | DAWN | 9/11/1960 | 3/15/2018 |
| DODD LUMAN | BEVERLY | 11/4/1959 | 11/29/2012 |
| FORTENBERRY GARRETT | PAM | 9/22/1959 | 12/21/2015 |
| FROWNFELTER CALDER | TERESA | 9/13/1960 | |
| GREGORY | JOHN | 8/21/1959 | 5/20/2015 |
| GOODPASTER | KENNY | 6/8/1960 | 6/16/2015 |
| HARDY | BYRON | 6/30/1960 | 2/10/2012 |
| HARVEY GORTON | RACHEL | 7/3/1960 | 1/23/2016 |
| HENDERSON | DAVID MACK | 7/25/1960 | 12/3/2016 |
| HEWITT | LYLE | 12/19/1975 | |
| HOWELL | STEVE | 12/20/1959 | 8/2/2008 |
| INGRAM | GREG | 9/30/1960 | 8/18/1984 |
| KEITH | TENA | 11/3/1959 | 8/4/1995 |
| KESSINGER SEFIDI | EVA | ||
| KIMBELL | KENNETH | 8/11/1960 | 2/25/2007 |
| KRAMER | CAROL | 11/4/1959 | 11/3/2005 |
| LONG | MIKE | 2/23/1960 | 5/16/2012 |
| LONG SMITH | STACEY | 5/18/1960 | 7/1/2004 |
| MAY | RODNEY (Robbie) | 1/2/1959 | 3/20/2011 |
| MCCOY | STEVE | 6/11/2012 | |
| MCDUFF GILMORE | MICHELLE | 11/12/1960 | 8/18/2010 |
| MIKUS | KATHY | 9/26/1959 | 1/16/2015 |
| MONK HARDER | DARLA | 10/23/1960 | 9/15/2004 |
| MONROE | JOHN T | 5/31/1959 | 9/25/1986 |
| MOORE | DONALD | 1/6/1960 | 12/7/2001 |
| MOORE | KEVIN | 3/30/1960 | 6/23/1978 |
| MULLIN HOWARD | VICKIE J | 12/3/1959 | 7/5/2009 |
| NIBLETT | SANDY J | 12/5/1959 | 6/21/2007 |
| PARDO WELDON | JANICE R | 9/15/1960 | 10/24/2010 |
| POWHATAN | JIM | 3/20/2003 | |
| RORICK MORALEZ | JENNY | 12/29/1959 | 8/7/2012 |
| SCHUESSLER BUFE | TAMMIE | 5/3/1960 | 1/18/2011 |
| SMITH | SHERRILYNN | 6/9/1960 | 9/5/2017 |
| SMITH | WESLEY | 11/22/1959 | 9/22/2013 |
| TODD GROSS | MARIETSA | 12/14/1959 | 10/13/2008 |
| WERNEKINCK | CARLA | ||
| WEST | DAVID | 2/27/1960 | 5/31/2002 |
| WHITE FENOGLIO | RHONDA | 9/9/1959 | 12/14/2011 |
| WHITEHEAD BURNS | DARLA | 11/3/1959 | 7/19/2013 |
| WILLIAMS | KURT V | 8/6/1960 | 8/20/2003 |