Richard Ray Ashford (1948-2010)
Richard was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. Following high school he entered US Armed Forces and served in Veitnam. He was honorably discharged in 1971. In 1986 Richard and his wife, Fonda, moved from Blanchard to Blackwall, Oklahoma where he managed the Blackwell Sale Barn.

Richard's parents were Owen Richard "Dick" Ashford (1924-2005) () and Imogene (Hudson) Ashford (1924-1999) ().

Gerald Wayne Bottoms (1947-2007)
Gerald was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. He was a civil servant for over thirty years working at Tinker Air Force Base where he was an Aircraft Elecronic Special Logistics Manager.

Gerald's parents were William Kincaid Bottoms (1927-2012) () and Ella Loretta (Hopkins) Bottoms (1928-2012) ().

Gerald's sister is Barbara Bottoms Lowrance who is a 1967 graduate of Blanchard High School.

Jerry Don Brooks (1948-1988)
Jerry was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. He was a dairy farmer in the Blanchard area.

Jerry's parents were Rean Wilson "Bogg" Brooks (1919-1975) () and Wilma Dean (Freeman) Brooks (1920-2006) ().

Jerry was married to Gwineth Fern Mills and one of their sons was Lance J. Brooks (1982-2012) () (). Gwineth was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School and Lance was a 2001 graduate of Blanchard High School.

Bruce Edward Carroll (1947-2016)
Bruce was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. Bruce was an artist.

Bruce's mother was Ellen Leora "Hodie" Mosher (1921-2017) ()
().

While Bruce was in his senior year at Blanchard he had twin cousins that were in the 8th grade at Blachard. They were Gary and Larry Crosby. Bruce's mother and their mother were sisters. They left Blanchard after the 8th grade and moved to Minco. They were football stars at Minco and the archives of The Daily Oklahoman are replete with articles about the their football days.

Here are Gary and Larry's 8th grade photo from the 1965-1966 Blanchard Lion Yearbook.

Otha Douglas Gibson (1946-1968)
Douglas was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School.

On May 14, 1967 Douglas was inducted into the US Army and On Jul 26, 1967 he marred his high school sweetheart, JoAnn Knox. JoAnn was also a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High.

Douglas arrived in Viet Nam on November 4, 1967 and on June 25, 1968, Douglas made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

The 1968 Blanchard Lion Yearbook was dedicated to Douglas.

Douglas's parents were Carroll Winfred Gibson (1918-2006) () and Wilta Louise (Martin) Gibson (1929-1998) ().

Some Links for Otha Douglas Gibson:
The Wall of Faces
The Virtual Wall
Honor Water

Shannon Bernice Goodman (Bryant) (1947-2018)
Shannon was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School.

Shannon's parents were Giles Edward Goodman (1918-1982) and Dora Bernice (Green) Goodman (1922-2001) ().

Shannon had two deceased brothers. Edward Ray Goodman (1942-2007)
() attended Blanchard High School, but the 1959-1960 school year was his last. He was a Junior that year. Gregory Lynn Goodman (1951-1997) was a 1969 graduate of Blanchard High.

Larry Leon Hager (1948-2013)
Larry was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. In addition to being in the Concrete Construction Bussiness, he retired from the US Postal Service.

Larry's parents were Robert Lee "R.L." Sullivan (1922-2005) () and Waynonia Jean (Daniels) Sullivan (1929-2017) ().

Larry's biological father was Bobby Doyle Hager (1928-1997) ().

Nolan Douglas Martin (1945-2008)
Nolan was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. After school, he worked in the oilfield industry, was a construction superintendent and a farmer.

Nolan's parents were Otha Raymond Martin (1904-1990) () and Katie Lee (Gay) Martin (1929-2017) ().

Wilta Martin Gibson was Nolan's sister and Douglas Gibson's mother. Therefore Nolan was Douglas Gibson's uncle. See Douglas Gibson above.

Richard Dean Noffsinger (1947-2004)
Richard was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School.

Richard's parents were Elmer DuWayne Noffsinger (1926-2005) () and Nickoine Ann (Bailiff) Noffsinger (1927-2008).

Lowell Gene Williams (1948-2000)
Lowell was a 1966 graduate of Blanchard High School. After school he was inducted into the US Army and served in Viet Nam.

Lowell married Patricia Ann Kimbrough (1954-2017) () on July 9, 1971. They spent most of their years living in Blanchard. Lowell became pastor of Bethal Free Holiness Church in 1998 and they moved to Colcord, OK.

Lowell's parents were Maxwell Gene "Max" Williams (1929-1990) () and Florence Jane (Creswell) Williams (1930-1994) ().

Kenny Joseph Wood (1947-1967)
Kenny attended Blanchard Public School, but his last year was 1963, his freshman year. Had he remained in school he would have graduated with the class of 1966.

Sadly, Kenny was killed in an auto accident in June of 1967.

Kenny's parents were George Martin Wood (1888-1977) () and Artie Maybelle (Kenner) Wood (1905-2001) ().

One of Kenny's brothers was H.M. "Tommy" Wood (). Tommy attended Blanchard Public Schools, but his last year was 1960, his freshman year. Had he remained in school he would have graduated with the class of 1963.