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Waid

Jun 28, 1923 — Jun 5, 2008

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Age 84, Lawton - Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Willoughby, officiating. Dr. Waid died Thursday at his residence. Burial with Air Force Honors will be in the Fletcher Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born June 28, 1923 east of Elgin to Marvin E. and Oriana (Preston) Waid, Sr. He moved to Fletcher as a young boy and was a graduate of Fletcher High School. He attended Cameron College where he was president of the student council and editor of the Cameron Collegian. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and served as a toggalier nose gunner on a B-17, participating in 20 combat missions. Following his discharge he attended the University of Oklahoma and Central State University and was a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. He married Maxine Hunter on February 28, 1947 in Oklahoma City. Following his graduation he returned to Lawton where he began his practice in optometry and owned and operated the Family Vision Clinic. He was a member of the First Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was a founder of the First Baptist Church bus ministry and had taught 12 year old boys Sunday school. He was the drive chairman with the United Way for two years, a member of the Lawton Jaycees and Jaycee International. He was also a member of the Oklahoma and American Optometric Associations. He served on the board of Vision Service Plan and the Vision Institute of America. He was a member of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce. He served as the first president of the Eisenhower Elementary PTA. He is survived by his wife, of the home; three daughters and sons in law, Dr's. Jennifer and Robert Head, Lawton, Brenda Dawn and Dwain Brewster, Elgin, and Kimberly Kaye and Todd Guinn, Las Vegas, Nevada; four grandchildren and their spouses, Dr. Kristina and Rocky Flint, Lawton; Kyle Robert and Sarah Head, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Stephan Nicholas Guinn and Deborah Kelsey Guinn, both of Las Vegas, Nevada; a great granddaughter, Addyson Leigh Flint. A daughter, Debra Sue Waid, two sisters, Lillian Waid and Velma Nelson, and four brothers, Bryan, Carter, Guy and Finis Waid, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton OK 73502.

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