Funeral service for Bobby Mansell will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2016 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Terry Marsh, Minister, Carriage Hills Christian Church officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Bobby Mansell died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at his home in Lawton with his family after a lengthy illness.  Bobby was born January 26, 1933 on a farm in Empire City, Oklahoma.  His family moved to Lawton in 1939 where Bobby graduated Lawton High School in 1952 and attended Cameron University on a football and boxing scholarship until he enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1955.  Bobby was married to Delores Pannell on August 24, 1955.  They raised their family and made their home in Lawton.

Bobby began working at a very early age in Lawton, eventually establishing thriving businesses in real estate, home building, furniture sales, freight transportation, entertainment and finance.  He proudly served in the Army from 1955 to 1957 achieving the rank of Sergeant receiving an honorable discharge.

Bobby was preceded in death by his father, Milburn who died in 1945 when Bobby was 12, his mother, Jaunita Claiborne who died in 1993, his brothers Billy Wayne Mansell, Michael Claiborne, his sister Jerry Mansell, and his grandson Chad Bronson Mansell.

Surviving Bobby are his his wife of 61 years, Delores Mansell, of the home; his sons Perry Mansell of Lawton, Steve Mansell and wife Kathy of Oklahoma City, and Robert Mansell and wife Cheryl of Los Angeles, California; granddaughters Melissa Plasencio and husband J.J. of Austin, TX, Kristi Hutton and husband Pip of Moore, Oklahoma, Carly Mansell of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Raquel Mansell of Portland, Oregon, Brielle Mansell of San Francisco, California and grandsons, Cole, Ryan and Trevor Mansell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; great grandchildren, Daelin, Erin, Drake, Brody and Brynan; his brother and sister-in-law, Tommy and Dianne Mansell of Lawton; and nieces and nephews.