Graveside service with full military honors for SSG (Retired) Bennie R. Wells will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 3, 2026, at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma with Minister Steven Hill, Sullivan Village Church of Christ officiating.

Services are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

SSG (Retired) Bennie R. Wells, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2026, in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was born in Springer, Oklahoma on August 26, 1937, to Walter P. and Gladys (Pogue) Wells. He was the first of three children. Upon graduating High School, he met Betty Burns who he married in 1958, and they had two children. She preceded him in death in 2024.

Bennie joined the Oklahoma National Guard Reserve in 1960, then he joined the US Army in 1962 serving two tours in Europe and one tour in Vietnam where he was the Chief Photographer and French Interpreter. He retired from military service in 1982 and went to work for KSWO-TV in Lawton as Chief Photographer for 15 years. He then went to KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, Texas for two years and finished his photographer career at KHOG TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He then moved back to Lawton and went to work at the Fort Sill Commissary for 14 years before retiring.

He continued his love of photography and enjoyed spending time with family, attending car shows and rodeos.

Bennie is survived by his son, Guy D. Wells and wife Rodena, grandchildren, Ashley Thompson and husband Sam and John Montgomery, great grandchildren Peyton and Elijah Thompson, sister, Patricia Criswell and husband Harold of Moore, Oklahoma, sister-in-law, Patricia Dickens and husband James of Denison, Texas, nieces, Kimberly and Laqueta Sue.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Betty (Burns) Wells and brother, Kieth Wells.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com