Obituaries

Raymon Andrew Wilson, born August 23, 1962 and passed away peacefully surrounded by family members on May 21, 2026.

A graveside service for Mildred Marie Estes will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2026 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid, Oklahoma, with Reverend Jim Edmison officiating. Service arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home and Crematory.

Sharon Lynn Callaway was born February 16, 1943 to John Reid Smyth and Dorothy Hankins (Batchelder) in Berkeley, California and passed May 24, 2026. She enjoyed shopping, traveling and spending time with family. She spent many weekends going camping and fishing with her boys when they were young.

A Celebration of Life Service for Richard Davis, age 76, of Enid, will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, May 28, 2026, at the First Baptist Church, with Pastor Jonathan Gilliland and Wade Smith officiating. Service and cremation arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will receive friends from 6-7 pm, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at the funeral home.

Bill Benjamin passed away peacefully at his home in Enid, Oklahoma on April 2, 2026, surrounded by family after his fight with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Bill was born in Carrollton, Missouri on June 8, 1953 to John Earl and Doris Jean (Bahr) Benjamin. Bill was a 1971 graduate of Carrollton High School.

Anne Elizabeth Chambers was born on September 10, 1973, in Norman, Oklahoma to James (Mac) and Wanda Sue McFarland. Anne passed away on May 18th at the age of 52.

A Celebration of Life Service for Margaret Hardage, age 64, of Enid, will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at the Ladusau-Evans Chapel, with Reverend Vernon Lee officiating. Service and cremation arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home and Crematory.

The family of Barbara June (Seeley) Banta, 78, of Enid would like you to join them in a celebration of life officiated by Reverend Gail Edmison and Reverend Doyle Seeley at 1:00 PM, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel in Enid. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

The services celebrating and honoring the life of Bud Nicholas, 93, of Enid, are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings, A life celebration home. Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at WWW.BrownCummings.com.

JoAnn was born on April 9, 1937 in Ponca City, OK to Opal & Harry McAnulty. As the only child in the extended family, she was especially close to her Aunt Hazel and Aunt Gladys. In her youth, she would spend her time horseback riding, working cattle, and participating in the Girls Athletic Association. She graduated from Ponca City High School in 1955.

Lt. Col. Arthur William Reed (Ret.), 89, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026, after a determined battle with progressive supranuclear palsy and cancer.

Ethel Lenora Krout, age 100, of Shawnee, KS, formally of Enid, was born on February 9, 1926, in Chickasha, OK to George and Edna (Hoover) Harris, and passed away on May 13, 2026, surrounded by her family. A private family graveside will be held May 19th 2026 in the Memorial Park Cemetery.