Funeral service for Colonel (Retired) Tom Bullock, 79, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Willoughby and Rev. Wayne Chaplin officiating. Colonel Bullock died Thursday in Lawton. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born July 31, 1932 in Houston, Texas, to Clayborne T. and Doris (Lee) Bullock. When he was seven years old he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma where his father operated and owned the Hudson dealership. He graduated from Lawton High School where he lettered in football and track. He received a Congressional Appointment from Oklahoma to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Tom graduated on 5 June 1956 in the upper 1/3rd of his class of 448 graduates. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry Branch. From the summer of 1956 until his first overseas assignment in Germany in 1958, Tom was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia where he took the Infantry Officers Basic Course, which was followed by Paratrooper and Jumpmaster training and concluded with Ranger School. His first troop assignment was in the 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, in Germany from 1958-1959. In 1961-62, he was a member of the 1st Ranger Company. From 1963 to 1964, he was stationed in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division where he was a Rifle company commander. Returning to the States, he went to Fort Bragg and was assigned to the 508th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1964 to 1966. During this period of service, Tom's unit was sent to the Dominican Republic to protect the lives of civilians caught up in a rebellion in April of 1965. For his gallantry in action, he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, his 3rd Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge. By 1967, he was in Vietnam serving with the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry (Garryowen) of the 1st Cavalry Division where he was awarded a second Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, 16 Air Medals and two Commendation Medals for Valor. Over the next decade, he served with the 3rd Armored Division, 8th Armored Division, the 82nd Airborne Division and Commanded the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division. These tours took Tom from Germany to Korea, the second time for both. His final tour of duty, at the end of a 29 year Army career, was with the Department of Military Instruction at the U.S. Military Academy. He retired in 1985. In addition to his numerous military awards he was awarded the 2011 Citizen of the Arts Award and the Fort Sill Retiree Council Betsy Ross Medallion. After retirement, he settled in his home town, Lawton, Oklahoma, where he joined the staff at Cameron University. He served as coordinator of the Department of Education Title III grant and in July 1990 he was named Registrar of Cameron University and remained there until his retirement in July 1998. He was very active in the First Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir for 25 years. He participated in the Easter Pageant at the Holy City for 14 years. He also volunteered weekly at Fort Sill Reynolds Army Community Hospital. He was a member of the Military Retiree Council, Lawton Dance Club, Heritage Foundation, LPO Board, the Opera Board, the Lawton Community Theatre Board and the Cancer Society Board. He was one of the founders of the Military Welcome Center at the Lawton/Fort Sill Airport and he was a member of the Cameron President's Partners and many military organizations. He is survived by his wife, Barbara of the home; two daughters. Kathryn Bullock, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Pixie Lent and her husband CW5 (Retired) Chuck Lent, Enterprise, Alabama; a son and daughter in law, Vic and Kim Quinton, Austin, Texas; four grandchildren, Nicholas and Christopher Lent, Ashley Fontenot and husband Chris, and Chloe Aarons; two great grandsons, Hayden and Weston; a brother and sister in law, Richard L. and Marty Bullock; many extended family and a host of friends. He was preceded in death his parents and a brother Bill Bullock. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton/Fort Sill Military Welcome Center Lounge in care of the Armed Services YMCA, 201 SW 4th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.