Funeral service for 1SG (Retired) Ronald G. Combs, 80, Lawton, will be 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 29, 2015, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Sergeant Combs died Monday, May 25, 2015, in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Sergeant Combs was born February 16, 1935 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Louis Sylvester and Bertha (Drake) Combs. He grew up in Fairfax and joined the Army at a young age. He served in the Army for more than twenty years and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. His awards include the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal 5th award, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with V Device and Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, two Overseas Service Bars, Valorous Unit Award, Marksman Badge Rifle (M-16) and the Expert Marksman Badge Rifle (M-14). He retired from the Army at Fort Sill in 1973. Following his retirement from the military he was an ROTC instructor for Eisenhower High School and Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, Texas before going to Macarthur High School in Lawton where he remained until his retirement in 1991. He married Billie R. Thomas on April 11, 1970 in Lawton. She preceded him in death on May 24, 2003. He later married Hilde McCarty on December 22, 2010 in Lawton. He was a member of the Central High First Baptist Church. He was a member of the VFW and the German American Club. He enjoyed spending as much time as possible with his grandchildren, fishing, bowling and golfing. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and son in law, Dana Lee and Bob Schreiber, Norman, Oklahoma; four sons and daughters in law, Rodney Lynn and Debbie Combs, Wichita, Kansas, Scott and Rhonda Combs, Elgin, Terry and Tracy Combs, Lawton and David and Tammy Combs, Meers; a daughter in law, Teresa Combs, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; a step daughter, Peggy Abney, Claremore, Oklahoma; three step sons and their spouses, Gary and Angel McCarty, Tulsa, Oklahoma, David Engel, Lawton, and Danny and Cindy McCarty, Lawton; 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. His parents, a son, Ronald Allen Combs, a brother, Louis Buck Combs, and a sister Lou Ann Legoux, preceded him in death.