The funeral for Danny H. Jennings, 62, of Enid, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Carroll Still will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by the Army.
He was born March 11, 1944, in Enid to Cora Poplin and J.D. Blackburn and died Sunday, May 28, 2006, at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center.
He was raised by Emma and Luther Jennings. In 1960, he moved to Alaska where his family was stationed. In 1962, he graduated from Anchorage High School and then moved back to Enid that summer. He enlisted in the Army and was first stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., and was sent to Korea for 13 months before moving to Fort Campbell, Ky., then to Germany. He was sent to Fort Jackson, S.C., serving as a drill sergeant.
He married Bertha Kliwer March 13, 1965, in Enid. He later went to Korea and then back to Fort Riley. He then was sent to Fort Shafter, Hawaii. While stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., his unit went to Chad and Egypt, back to Germany and then back to Fort Riley. He retired from the military Jan. 31, 1988.
Surviving are his wife, Bertha, of the home; his daughter, Audrey Mercer of Enid; one son, Michael Jennings of Enid; a sister, Laura Dodson; one brother, Lawrence “Cy” Schubert; and four grandchildren.
