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Wayne Riley Puckett
© Enid News and Eagle
02-02-2024
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

© Enid News and Eagle

Wayne Riley PUCKETT

Memorial Park Cemetery


Wayne Riley Puckett
September 9, 1932 - January 25, 2024

The funeral for Wayne R. Puckett, 91-year-old Fairmont resident is 2 p.m. Saturday, February 3, 2024, in the Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Wayne was born September 12, 1932, in Okemah, Oklahoma, to Martin and Oliie (Black) Puckett and died Thursday, January 25, 2024, in Enid. He graduated from high school in Dustin, Oklahoma. After high school, Wayne enlisted in the U.S. Army.

On February 10, 1956, he married Elisabeth Walther in Babenhausen, Germany. In 1963 he became a Green Beret serving with the 5th, 7th, and 10th Special Forces in the 101st Airborne. The couple started their family with son George at Fort Cambell, Kentucky. They added to their family with Christine at Fort Bragg. The family moved to Fort Sill in 1968 and then to Enid, where he was Army recruiter. Wayne then worked for the state of Oklahoma and retired again. Elisabeth preceded him in death in 1993.

On December 20, 1997, Wayne married Elane Upchurch, and the couple made their home in Fairmont. He was a member of the VFW, enjoyed traveling, working on his property, the lake, and tinkering with anything mechanical.

Wayne is survived by his wife Elane of the home; daughter, Christine Puckett of Mannford; daughter-in-law, Valerie McCamy; grandchildren, Sara, Steven, Matthew, and Brandon; five great-grandchildren, Austynn, Jaxon, Grayson, Bailey, and Anderson.

Wayne is also survived by two step-children, Michael and Robin Hatfield; grandchildren, Lauren, Jacob, Asher, Thomas, and Sean-Michael; great-grandchildren, Alice Marie, Sutton, Dreagen, Dante, Drake, and Desmond.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Elisabeth; son George; brothers, Marvin, Allen, Dean, Dale, and Ray; and two sisters, Pauline and Lela.


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