Class of 1980
1980 Maroon Spotlight
Curtis Ennis
All District Football, Football, Bear Necessities, Track, Wrestling, Baseball, Vocal Music, “Bye Bye Birdie.”
1980 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
W. Curtis Ennis, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ennis, 12 Terry drive. He was born Sept. 2, 1962. Ennis was a member of the Perry Maroons football team from 1977-79; the PHS wrestling team in 1977-78, and the Bear Necessities singing group, 1977. He attended Lee elementary school in Oklahoma City from Kindergarten through fourth grade. He moved to Perry with his family in 1972 and has attended Perry public schools since that time. Ennis was named all district in football in 1979. His favorite school subject is history and music is his hobby. Ennis plans to attend college at East central State university at Ada. He is a member of the Assembly of God church of Perry.
William Curtis Ennis
September 2, 1962 – April 8, 2011
William Curtis Ennis was born September 2, 1962, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. He died April 8, 2011, at the age of 48 in Anacortes, Washington.
Ennis graduated from Perry High School in 1980 where he was active in wrestling, football, baseball and other school sports.
He served six years in the National Guard at Perry and four years in the U.S. Army from 1985-1989, two years in Berlin and two years at Ft Lewis, Washington.
He and the former Diane Lea Koch were married April 22, 1989, which would have been 22 years on April 22, 2011. He has resided in Washington state since 1987.
Ennis had a degree in construction management from Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington, and worked in that field. He loved his family, his dogs, cooking with his wife, books, music, scuba diving, the mountains, ocean and woods.
He was surrounded by his family and friends in the weeks prior to his death.
Survivors include his wife, Diane Ennis of Anacortes, WA; his parents, Bill and Lequita Ennis of Perry; brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Arnie Ennis of Killeen, TX; two sisters and brothers-in-law Lenita and David Kennedy of Perry, and Lejuana and Ron Tennyson of Gig Harbor, WA; five nephews and two nieces. Also his grandmother, Louise Hamm, Oklahoma City; three aunts and numerous cousins, including Gloria Brown and Angela Abney of Perry.
A memorial will be held Sunday, April 17 at the Skyline Cabana in Anacortes, WA, a place that has held many happy memories for him and his wife.