Funeral service for Anita Joy Hawes will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Olivet Baptist Church with Kenn Lane, Pastor officiating. Burial will follow in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Anita Joy Hawes, 86, Lawton, died Thursday, July 23, 2015 in Lawton. She was born March 17, 1929, in Wichita, Kansas to Oscar and Helen Bowen. She grew up in Wichita, Kansas and Warrensburg, Missouri. She attended Oklahoma A&M College for one year before marrying Jerry L. Hawes, a career U.S. Air Force serviceman, on May 20, 1951 in Montgomery, Alabama. He preceded her in death on July 20, 1975. During the family's military career they lived in Alabama, Virginia, Nevada, Illinois, Texas, Alaska, Germany and Bangkok, Thailand. Mrs. Hawes has lived in Lawton since June 1973 and was a career Federal employee retiring at Fort Sill on December 31, 1989 after 36 years service. She was a member of Olivet Baptist Church. She had served as secretary of the Society of Military Widows Chapter 6 and was a member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Chapter 167 and the Comanche County Republican Party. She also served as a volunteer on the Comanche County Post Adjudication Review Board for deprived children. Mrs. Hawes is survived by her son Jeffrey, Arlington, Texas; a daughter and son in law, Jacqueline Jeane and James Walsh, Houston, Texas; a granddaughter, Denise Bragg, Houston, Texas; brother, Bruce Bowen, Tulsa; and a sister, Sharon Reith, Warrensburg, Missouri. Her parents preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Olivet Baptist Church, 320 SW 67th Street, Lawton OK 73505.