In Memoriam

On August 22, 2025February 16, 2026 By besonstIn Obituaries

The following friends from the class of 1976 are reported to have died since graduation. If you know of other classmates who have died or have more information about these lives that you would like us to add, send a note to FayettevilleClassof76@gmail.com. Two FHS graduates, Kevin Cunningham and Conrad Odom, maintain a Facebook group — Fayetteville Friends — In Memoriam — dedicated to the remembrance of all FHS graduates who have died.

Ricky Ahart, 1958-2002, Obituary.

Cheryl Allred, 1958-2013, Obituary.

Cristina Antonia Arias, 1959-2019, Obituary.

Keith Banks, 1958-1980, Obituary.

Mark Basset, 1958-2010, Obituary.

Paula Sue Bibbee Richardson, 1956-2022, Obituary.

Linda Bixby Vandagriff, 1958-2011, Obituary.

Kirk Bradley, 1958-1999, Obituary.

Robert “Bob” Brandt, 1957-2022, Obituary.

Phillip Brown, 1957-2023, Obituary.

Mike Bryant, 1957-1976. Obituary.

Michael Buchanan, 1957-2019, Obituary.

Morton “Skip” Carnes, 1958-2014, Obituary.

Donnita Gayle Carney, 1959-2018, Obituary.

Charles Edwin Cash, 1958-2021, Obituary.

Lynn Chandler, 1958-1976, Obituary.

Angela Childress West Lies, 1957-2013, Obituary.

Brooks Clower, 1957-2010, Obituary.

Sandi Coffin, 1957-1993, Obituary.

Linda Colwell Stewart, 1958-2024, Obituary.

Patricia Gaye Coston, 1958-2016, Obituary.

Dianne Cross, 1858-2007, Obituary.

Michael Davidson, 1957-1997, Obituary.

Dennis Davis, 1958-1982, Obituary.

Diane Davis, 1957-2010, Obituary.

Jeff Day, 1958-2011, Obituary.

Nancy Dodson Peters, 1958-1998, Obituary.

Steve Dolan, 1957-1973.

Duane Dunn, 1958-2019, Obituary.

Greg Flowers, 1957-2017, Obituary.

Mike Garner, 1958-2007, Obituary.

Barry Gilbow, 1958-2024, Obituary.

Jerry Gilbow, 1958-2022, Obituary.

Weeda Gooding, 1958-2008, Obituary.

Nicky Gyles, 1957-2010, Obituary.

Gary J. Harris, 1958-2010, Obituary.

Stephen Lee Harris, 1958-2018, Obituary.

Shirley Jo Henson, 1958-2025.

Alan Hepler, 1958-1986, Obituary.

Matt Holtzen, 1958-2009, Obituary.

Michael Jackson, 1958-2015, Obituary.

Dyke Jennings, 1957-2016, Obituary.

Steve “Country” Jones, 1957-1977, Obituary.

Beverly Jo Kreie, 1958-2018.

Mike Lyman, 1958-2021, Obituary.

Rick McClelland, 1958-2009.

Stephen McGinnis, 1958-2018. Obituary.

Brian McGreevy, 1957-2008, Obituary.

Pat Miller Simpson, 1958-2006, Obituary.

Lori Mitchell Cochran, 1957-2022.

Donna Moore, 1958-2004, Obituary.

Brian Noland, 1958-2024.

Lisa Michelle Osburn Mackey, 1958-2025.

Gregg Parker, 1958-2020, Obituary.

Miles Lynn Patrick, 1957-2017, Obituary.

Jeff Allen Rand, 1957-2018.

Paula Sue (Richardson) Bibbee, 1956 to 2022, Obituary

Terry Riddle, 1957-2024.

Naoto Sekiguchi, 1958-2021, Obituary.

Jan Skarda, 1957-1994, Obituary.

Dwaine Spears, 1958-2002, Obituary.

Sheri Starr Keen, 1958-2015, Obituary.

Richard Steel, 1957-2000, Obituary.

Jimmy Stout, 1958-2007, Obituary.

Misty Veasey Luck, 1957-2021.

Craig Venema, 1958-1993, Obituary.

Robert “Bobby” Waterson, 1958-2014, Obituary.

Myra Wesson, 1958-2003, Obituary.

Daniel Lee Wickliff, 1958-2022, Obituary.

Claude Williams, 1958-2021.

“Ricky” Witherspoon, 1957-2016.

Dennis Wohlford, 1957-2016, Obituary.

Excuses

On September 26, 2016September 22, 2016 By besonstIn Yearbook Images

Debbie Norris and Betsy Perkins wait patiently for their turns at the check out desk.

passes-duncan-web — Mr. Duncan signs blue slips to returning students.

Mike Bryant, right, finds Don Carter's "note from home?" rather humorous but Don seems to think it'll work. — Mike Bryant, right, finds Don Carter’s “note from home?” rather humorous but Don seems to think it’ll work.

Singing the Blues

If there had been an Academy Award for the best excuse for missing class, it would have been a tough decision. Having practice for 10 years or more, students have come up with some pretty good ones.

There are a few all time favorites — “I had a flat.” “I ran out of gas.” And of course, “I had to go to a funeral.” But when asked who passed away, the answer was always “my grandmother” — for the third time.

But then there were the real excuses — “I was sick.” The actual kinds of sickness varied with the imagination of the students. There were the ones with a cold, then there were the ones with an upper respiratory infection and the most imaginative had “rhinitis.”

So, who’s to say who was sick and who was faking. It all depended on how imaginative you were in deciding your illness, how convincing you were when having your parents write your note (or how brave you were in forging it), and how serious you looked when you got your blue slip.

A few excuses from the mother of Bruce Q. Shark for her absentee son:

Dear Attendance Person, Bruce Q. was not in school per 1-3 yesterday. He got his foot stuck in the porcelain utility. Mrs. E. Shark

To whom it may concern: Bruce was not in school periods 1-3 yesterday. He thought it was Washington’s birthday & overslept. Mrs. Ethel Shark

Mr. Duncan, Bruce Q. Shark was not in school yesterday 1-3 periods. Did you really miss him? Mrs. Shark

— 1976 Amethyst

Bixby to Chandler

On January 11, 2016August 25, 2018 By besonstIn Senior Portraits

stephen-black-portrait-web — Stephen Black

joe-blackwell-portrait-web — Joe Blackwell

blyholder-sylvia-portrait-web — Sylvia Blyholder

bowers-cindy-portrait-web — Cindy Bowers

bradley-kirk-portrait-web — Kirk Bradley

brophy-jimmie-portrait-web — Jimmie Brophy

brown-phillip-portrait-web — Phillip Brown

buchanan-michael-portrait-web — Michael Buchanan

buckley-stanley-portrait-web — Stanley Buckley

burkhart-karen-portrait-web — Karen Burkhart

calvert-clark-portrait-web — Clark Calvert

cameron-phillip-portrait-web — Phillip Cameron

capstick-anita-portrait-web — Anita Capstick

carnes-morton-portrait-web — Morton Carnes

carpenter-darryl-portrait-web — Darryl Carpenter

carpenter-karan-portrait-web — Karan Carpenter

cash-charlie-portrait-web — Charlie Cash

caudell-harold-portrait-web — Harold Caudell

chandler-lynn-portrait-web — Lynn Chandler

Obituary for Mike Bryant

On January 1, 2016May 5, 2016 By besonstIn Obituaries1 Comment

Michael Lynn Bryant, 19, of Route 2, Fayetteville, died Nov. 29, 1976, at a Fayetteville hospital. He was born May 25, 1957, the son of John D. and Jessie Mullins Bryant of Fayetteville.

He was a 1976 graduate of Fayetteville High School, a student at the University of Arkansas and a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors included his parents; his paternal grandmother, Emma Bryant of Fayetteville; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mullins of Fayetteville.

He is buried at Lower Wharton Creek Cemetery at Wharton, southeast of Huntsville, Arkansas.

Fayetteville Class of 76

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In Memoriam

Excuses

Bixby to Chandler

Obituary for Mike Bryant