Obituaries

Paul Edward McKinney, 59 year-old Enid resident died peacefuly at home on February 16, 2021. Paul was born July 29, 1961 to Barbara and Leon McKinney.

Celebration of Life Service for Robert “Catfish” A. Cunningham, 69 of Enid, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2021, in the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel with Maxwell Meier officiating. Robert was born January 1, 1952, in Enid to John and Lois Hotson Cunningham, and passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021 at his home in Enid.

We will be celebrating the life of Frank Henry Bunch, 90, of Enid, at a graveside service only, at 2:00pm, Wednesday, February 24, 2021, in the Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Services are under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home of Enid.  

Memorial graveside service for Tom Leavengood will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Paradise Cemetery with Rev. Kenneth Wade officiating.  Cremation and arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home & Crematory.

The funeral service for William George Reeks, 78 year-old Enid resident, is 1:00pm Monday, February 22, 2021 at Faith Center Fellowship in Meno, OK. Pastor Cody Anderson will officiate. Burial will follow in Enid Cemetery under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home.

Jim G. Henderson (christened Jimmy George) was born in Alva, Oklahoma on July 12, 1942, to O.G. Henderson and Iva (Fox) Henderson of Dacoma, Oklahoma.  Jim passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at his home in Enid.  When he was three weeks old the family moved to Booker, Texas where he lived until four at which time the family moved to Beaver, Oklahoma.

A Private Graveside service for Eunice D. “ Barney” Barnes age 91 of Enid will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

Lorene was born in Purcell, Oklahoma on October 23, 1948 to Wallace Goodman Sanders and Myrtle Arvie Sanders, and passed away Friday, February 12, 2021 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elaine was born April 22, 1936 on the farm near Orlando, OK to Francis and Ruth Webb Wehr and passed away early Thursday morning in St. Mary’s Hospital.

Aviation Icon Vern Foster has "Flown West"

In the parlance of the aviation communityu "flown west" or "gone west" is a pilot's final flight, one to eternity. So it was for Vernon "Vern" Foster, a well known pilot in Enid aviation circles as well in his former home state of Colorado. Vern succumbed to old age at 103, though in reality, Vern was never old, never over-the-hill, nor beyond his years for those who knew him.

James Robert Cotton died February 11, 2021, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 81. James was born October 14, 1939, to Orange Houston Cotton and Irene (Schwieger) Cotton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Jake was born June 8, 1934 in Fairview, OK to Jake and Ruth Ellen Peters Winter. Jake spent much of his childhood in Fairview and Tulsa.