Funeral service for Carol Suzanne Newman, 62, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2015, in First Assembly of God with Rev. Don Barnes and Rev. Gary Pratt officiating. Carol died Wednesday, February 4, 2015, in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 2-4 pm Sunday at the funeral home. Carol was born December 8, 1952 in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Ray Newman, Jr. and Rosemary Ballew. She grew up in Lawton and attended Swinney Elementary School, Tomlinson Junior High School and was a 1970 graduate of Lawton High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Midwestern State University in 1997. Carol had worked for Comanche County Memorial Hospital as both an RN Charge Nurse and as an RN Case Manager. She worked as a course instructor at the Great Plains Technology Center teaching courses for Long Term Care Nurse Aide and Home Health as well as Certified Medication Aide. Her devotion to her nursing career also saw her work as: Director of Patient Care Services with Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, Civilian Manager with Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Assistant Director of Nursing with McMahon-Tomlinson Nursing Home, Registered Nurse at the Lawton-Ft. Sill Veteran's Center, Registered Nurse at the Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center, Clinical Field Staff Supervisor with Aspire Hospice and Case Manager with Carter Healthcare. Carol had many interests outside of work as well. She had participated in the Miss Lawton Pageant, was a certified scuba diver, enjoyed playing cards, reading and watching old movies. She was the trivia queen' of movies and music. She also loved cats, dogs and cardinals. She was a devoted daughter, sister and mother. She is survived by her son, David Newman, Oklahoma City; her mother and step-father, Rosemary and Richard Morales, Lawton; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Connie Newman Hakimipour, Orlando, Florida, Jane Newman and Raymond Miles, Baltimore, Maryland and Laurie Newman and Marshall Clevenger, Lawton; two brothers and sisters in law, Chris and Carolyn Newman, Duncan and Robert and Cova Newman, Lawton; Uncle and Aunt, Tracy and Penny Newman, Frederick; nieces and nephews and their spouses, Rosemary Hakimipour, Chicago, Andrew and Suzanne Hakimipour, Orlando, Melanie, Tiffany and Emily Hakimipour, Orlando, Amy and Chris Morgan, North Carolina, Michael Newman, Vietnam, Mark and Annye Newman and Melissa and Matt Kraus, Edmond, Aaron Newman, Oklahoma City, Elizabeth Erin Brown, Maryland, Kathryn Ray Miles, Baltimore, Sara Catherine and Kristen Jane Clevenger, Lawton, Jenifer Stamper, Lawton and Lara and Jimmy Pesek, Norman; great nieces and nephews, Stephen Hakimipour, Jason and Alex Hakimipour, Haley and Brett Newman, Garrett, Gage and Gracie Rae Kraus, Gavin and Carsen Stamper, Avery Pesek, Madelyn and Christian Morgan, Ryan David Evans and Chelsea and Linus Newman. Her father and a brother in law, Fred Hakimipour, preceded her in death.