Graveside service for Claude Junior "CJ" Hall will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Duncan Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma with Bro. Eddie Coast, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church officiating.

Burial with military honors will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Claude Junior "CJ" Hall, age 85, of Lawton, passed away Friday, October 5, 2018. He was born to Claude and Mary Hall on June 6, 1933 in Garvin County, Oklahoma. He attended school in Elmore City, Oklahoma, and Flora, Illinois. Before being drafted into the US Army Reserves, he obtained an Associates Degree from the University of Southern Illinois. He served his country from May 1953 to May 1955 during the Korean War. Following his military service, he worked in the oil field and also for Halliburton for several years before returning to Oklahoma. After his return to Oklahoma, CJ worked for Safeway grocery stores in Duncan and Oklahoma City. When working in Duncan he met the love of his life, Mary Ann Hickman.  They were married on May 30,1962 in Burkburnett, Texas.  She died February 18, 2005.  He joined the Lawton Fire Department and served his community from June 1964 to January 1988, retiring as the Training Officer. During his career as a Fire Fighter he spent countless hours volunteering for programs to benefit local families such as Toys for Tots, Easter egg hunts, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He spent his retirement years with family and friends, bringing joy and laughter to everyone he met.

Survivors include five children, Michael Hall, Stephanie Backus, Nikki Lawson, Jeff Hall and his wife, Karen and Chris Hall and his wife, Cara, six grandchildren, Cameron Hall and his wife Jennifer, Kayla Hall-Torres and her husband Billy, Jeremy Zamanski, Emily Gill, Brinkley Pickart and Ashlyn Claxton and a great grandson, Zane Zamanski.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Hall, parents, Claude and Mary Hall and a granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Hall.

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