The funeral service for Donald Joe Laster, age 67, will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the First Missionary Baptist Church, with Rev. Alfred Baldwin, Jr. officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

            He was born to Johnnie and Herbaline (Brakebill) Laster on February 3, 194l in Oklahoma City, and died Friday, April 25, 2008, at Integris Bass Baptist Medical Center in Enid.

            Donald grew up in Enid, and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. On June 20, 1961, he married Mary Brown in Enid.   He served in the United States Navy, and retired with over twenty years of service.  After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he returned to Enid, where he worked with his father at Laster & Son Tree Service.  He was also a school bus driver for over twenty years.  He served on the Enid Metro Housing Council and on the board of directors at Booker T. Washington.  He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the  Chairman of the housing committee of the Southern Heights Community Organization, and he was a Mason.  Donald was an active member of First Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a head deacon, Sunday School teacher, and pianist.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and attending sporting events.

            He is survived by his wife Mary, of the home; two daughters, Barbara Laster of Enid and Carla Williams of Los Angeles, California, and; one son, Richard Laster of Trier, Germany; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Porter and Herbaline Bastas, both of Enid, and Muriel Allen of Albuquerque, New Mexico;  brothers and sisters in Christ, Roma and Hope Smith of Kansas City, Missouri, and James and Leola Hunter; and many nieces and nephews.