Don A. Enos

Don A. Enos, 82 years old, from Rogers, Ark., passed away at the Fayetteville Home for Veterans Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the Navy as a machinist on the USS Talladega. Born in Seminole, Okla., on Aug. 25, 1932, to parents Glenn and Mildred Enos, he graduated Seminole High School in 1951, attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College where he was a running back and played for the Golden Norsemen in the 1953 Junior Rose Bowl Championship game in Pasadena, Calif. He was, along with his teammates, inducted in to the NEO Hall of Fame in May 2009. Don was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis in January 2008; and his daughter, Debbie Donovan in June 2008. He is survived by his brother, James Enos and his wife, Judy, of Winter Haven, Fla.; his children, Neil Don Enos and his wife, Whitney, of Loxahatchee Fla., Becky Wingate and her husband, Gale, of Fayetteville, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Phyllis Adrienne Lowe, Matthew Thomas, Travis Enos, Austin Enos, Grayson Enos, Charlie Don Haight and Amber Thomas Black; and four great-grandchildren. There will be a graveside service at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole, Okla., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in memory of Don Enos to the Wounded Warriors Project. Arrangements are by Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Ark. Online guest book at www.luginbuel.com.