Houston Fire Department's Deaths
For the Year 2005
Listed in alphabetical order. Total of 47 Firefighters.

Charles "Chuck" Abraham Adams

 1940-1970  

Died on  Monday August 8, 2005

Jerry Wayne Anderson

1974-2002

   Died on  Wednesday August 10, 2005

Thomas Gayton Arfele Jr.

 1964-2002

   Died on Friday September, 9 2005

Edgar Brown Barfield

1953-1984

Died on  Wednesday June 15, 2005

  Grady Don Burke

1993-2005

Died on Saturday February 19, 2005
Line of Duty Death

       Louis "Louie" Joseph Butera    

1941-1978

Died on Friday April 8, 2005

 Samuel Joseph Byington Jr. 

1950-1984

Died on  Wednesday July 6, 2005

 James "Jim" Clyde Collins

 1969-2000

Died on Tuesday January 25, 2005 

Lowell Laverne Davis

 1964-1986

Died on Monday January 10, 2005

 Jason Lee Derrett

2004-2005

  Died on Saturday May 28, 2005

Billy Ray East  

1952-1977

 Died on  Saturday August 27, 2005

 Kennard Adren Farmer  

  1950-1975   

Died on  Monday September, 26 2005

Forrest Quincey Forehand

1963-1981

Died on Thursday July 28, 2005

William Randy Gortemiller   

  1972-1989   

Died on Friday September, 16 2005

 Alcus Greer 

   1939-1980   

Died on  Monday September, 26 2005

 Marion Foster Heathman   

      1950 -1983     

Died on Tuesday October 4, 2005

Sam Edward Henley Jr. 

1963-1990

 Died Monday October 23, 2005

"W. O." Winborn Osborn Hunter

    1942 -1972   

Died on  Tuesday October 11, 2005

Darrell Keith Jackson 

1982-2005

Died on  Monday February 7, 2005 

 Donnie Edward Jones

   1963-1986   

Died on Wednesday November 9, 2005

Samuel Kempt

1955-1982 

Died on Wednesday March 2, 2005

 Carl Pennington Kent

  1945-1976  

Died on Friday May 10, 2005

John Elwin Lewis  

1959-1979

Died on Saturday June 11, 2005

Jerry Everett Little 

1962-1981

Died on Sunday January 30, 2005 

Hollis Leo Lund  

1948 -1973 

Died on Saturday December 31, 2005

 Walter "Jake" Chavers Malek

1965-1971 

Died on Tuesday February 1, 2005

Henry Lane Martinez Sr.

  1982-2005  

Died on Saturday March 12, 2005

 Ira Theadore "Ted" May 

1954-1974

Died on Tuesday March 22, 2005

 Warren Pleasant McLemore Jr.

  1968-1990  

Died on  Thursday June 23, 2005

 Clarence Arnold Merritt

1957-1977

Died on Monday April  2, 2005

George Waldo Mullane Sr.    

1943-1977

Died on  Monday September, 19 2005

 Tommy Joe Nettles 

1961-1981

Died on  Sunday February 6, 2005 

 Randall "Randy" Scott O'Guynn

1990-2004

 Died on Wednesday February 9, 2005 

 Alcide Pierre Olivier Jr.

  1958-1978  

Died on Tuesday March 8, 2005

 Willie Jim Paukert     

1951-1977

Died on Saturday February 26, 2005

 Jerry Michael Powers

1986-2005

Died on Tuesday July 5, 2005

 Jay Keith Robinson 

    1974 -2005   

Died on  Wednesday October 5, 2005

Wilbur A. Robson 

   1959-1980   

Died on Saturday September, 10  2005

 Ronald "Ronnie" Rucker Sr. 

    1968-1986   

Died on Sunday December 4, 2005

 Marvin Dean Shaull 

   1950-1972  

Died on Monday, March 21, 2005

 W. "Sony" Stagner   

      1957 -1987   

Died on Wednesday November 2, 2005

Steve Shedrick Starling Jr. 

 1957-1984

Died Wednesday October 26, 2005

 Malin John Thompson

  1955-1985

 Died on Wednesday March 2, 2005

Antonio "Tony" Villa 

    2000-2005  

Died on Friday March 18, 2005

 Bruce Milton Whatley

     1956-1988  

Died on Friday  June  10, 2005

 Howard Pressley Williamson

     1940-1974  

Died on Saturday May 14, 2005

Paul Clayton Wright

   1961-1992

Died on Sunday March 27, 2005