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Odessa Fire Department History

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Retirees from 1980-1989

Waylon Flanery #56


Employed: November 29, 1949
Retired: February 29, 1980
Years of Service: 30 Years 3 Months
Died: October 4, 2012 at age 84 

Wiley C. Landreth #5


Employed: November 18, 1948
Retired: April 11, 1980
Years of Service: 31 Years 5 Months
Died: August 23, 2000

Tom Hesson #52


Captain
Employed: October 5, 1953
Retired: February 15, 1981
Years of Service: 27 Years 4 Months
Died: August 11, 2006 at age 78

James L. Null #17


Captain
Employed: October 30, 1950
Retired: April 30, 1981
Years of Service: 30 Years 6 Months
Died: May 19, 2000

Ray V. Myers #78


Employed: November 17, 1955
Retired: April 30, 1981
Years of Service: 26 Years 6 Months
Died: May 18, 2000

Lynn Preslar #64


Employed: October 15, 1953
Retired: May 31, 1981
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: January 14, 2010 at age 90 
United States Marine Corps Veteran
Former WWII P.O.W.; Bataan March & Hell Ship Survivor

Calvin D. Laird #85


Captain
Employed: November 17, 1955
Retired: February 25, 1982
Years of Service: 26 Years 3 Months
United States Navy Veteran during Korean War

Leroy Patrick #6


Employed: October 29, 1947
Retired: May 31, 1982
Years of Service: 34 Years 7 Months
Died: September 1, 1986

F. B. Corbell #29


Battalion Chief
Employed: November 30, 1948
Retired: September 30, 1982
Years of Service: 34 Years
Died: April 21, 2008 at age 81 

Floyd A. Hale #33


Captain
Employed: December 7, 1949
Retired: September 30, 1982
Years of Service: 32 Years 9 Months
Died: November 31, 2002

Billy Kilgore #71


Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: January 11, 1955
Retired: March 10, 1983
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: February 15, 2012 at age 86
United States Marine Corps Veteran

Earl Collins #21


Captain
Employed: October 26, 1960
Retired: February 29, 1984
Years of Service: 23 Years 4 Months
Died: August 30, 2013 at age 79 
United States Army Veteran

Janis Hight Canterbury

Fire / Arson Investigator
Employed: March 19, 1973
Resigned: March 15, 1985
Years of Service: 12 Years 

Bennie W. Kiker #18


Employed: January 1, 1952
Retired: March 31, 1985
Years of Service: 33 Years 2 Months
Died: October 22, 2013 at age 89 

James L. Sims #3


Assistant Fire Marshal
Employed: September 10, 1951
Retired: March 31, 1985
Years of Service: 33 Years 5 Months
Died: September 17, 2002

Menzie Bourke #10


Captain
Employed: April 16, 1954
Retired: April 30, 1985
Years of Service: 31 Years
Died: February 26, 2012 at age 93 

Phil Robinson #62


Employed: October 1, 1959
Retired: September 30, 1985
Years of Service: 26 Years
Died: October 17, 2013 at age 80 

Wayne D. Coggins #31


Fire Marshal
Employed: March 17, 1955
Retired: November 1, 1985
Years of Service: 30 Years 8 Months
Died: July 28, 1994

Joe E. Brown #101


Employed: April 5, 1960
Retired: July 1, 1986
Years of Service: 26 Years 3 Months
Died: March 21, 1996

Wayne Wallace #2

Captain
Employed: October 14, 1975
Resigned: October 10, 1986
Years of Service: 11 Years 

James Parisher #108


Captain
Employed: April 1, 1960
Retired: November 1, 1986
Years of Service: 26 Years 7 Months
Died: August 6, 1997

Keller Yancy #66


Employed: October 1, 1960
Retired: January 31, 1987
Years of Service: 26 Years 9 Months
Died: October 28, 1998

Wayne Easterling #120 


Captain
Employed: October 9, 1973
Resigned: February 29, 1987
Years of Service: 13 Years 8 Months
Died: October 24, 1996 at age 54

Kenneth Brockett #32


Employed: October 04, 1960
Retired: March 26, 1987
Years of Service: 26 Years 7 Months
Died: February 12, 2022 at age 84

Robert J. Brown #89


Battalion Chief
Employed: January 04, 1960
Retired: January 18, 1988
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: February 5, 2022 at age 91

W. J.  Childress #34


Fire Chief
Employed: May 25, 1949
Retired: June 1, 1988
Years of Service: 39 Years 1 Month
Died: August 27, 1995

Eddie Ray Boles #114


Battalion Chief
Employed: April 01, 1960
Retired: September 30, 1988
Years of Service: 28 Years 5 Months
Died: December 21, 2021 at age 85
United States Army Veteran

Melvin D. Kindle #103


Employed: April 1, 1960
Retired: January 16, 1989
Years of Service: 28 Years 9 Months
Died: September 22, 2001

Norman Price #37


Battalion Chief
Employed: June 16, 1949
Retired: July 28, 1989
Years of Service: 40 Years 1 Month
Died: February 23, 2006

Carl R. Maynard #104


Captain
Employed: November 6, 1961
Retired: August 6, 1989
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: March 21, 2014 at age 76
United States Marine Corps Veteran

Robin M. Thomas #45

Employed: November 1, 1977
Resigned: December 31, 1989
Years of Service: 12 Years 2 Months

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Reba Beam 

Fire / Arson Investigator
Employed: January 9, 1978
Resigned: December 31, 1989
Years of Service: 11 Years