Graveside funeral service for Betty J. Brown will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2018 in Highland Cemetery with Monty Baggett officiating.

Arrangements are under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Betty J. Brown, age 94, died Sunday, August 12, 2018 in Lawton.  She was born August 5, 1924 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to M.M. and Molly Dodson.  She grew up in Lawton and was a 1941 graduate of Lawton High School.  She married Bill G. Brown on December 15, 1950 in Lawton.  He preceded her in death on February 19, 1983.

Betty had worked at Fort Sill in the medical clinic and later worked for Dr. Walter Wicker, Jr., Dr. Hicks, Dr. Michener and Dr. Goss until her retirement.  She later worked for the Breast Center at Southwestern Medical Center.

She joined Centenary United Methodist Church in 1956.  She had served as the church pianist and organist.  She sang in the choir, was a member of the Inquirers Sunday School Class and a member of United Methodist Women.  She was a sports enthusiast and attended many little league games when her children were young.  She liked Thunder basketball and golf with Phil Mickleson being her favorite golfer.  She was also a past president of the Lawton Philharmonic.

Survivors include her two sons, Steve Brown, Edmond, Oklahoma and Matt Brown and his wife Glenna, Greenwood, Arkansas; two grandchildren, Sky Brown and wife Keva and Jacob Brown; four great grandchildren, Kaden, Charley, Leeann and Callie; nephews and a niece and their spouses, Mikel and Susan Dodson, Brett Dodson, William and Phyllis Westfahl and George and Buck McLamb; two step grandchildren, Chelsea Potts and husband Evan and Katie Moss.

Her parents and two brothers, Bob and Gene Dodson, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Centenary United Methodist Church Choir, 704 SW D Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.