Funeral for CW4 (Retired) Billy R. Mathis, 83, Lawton will be at 12:30 PM Wednesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Jim McGuire, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma Officiating. Mr. Mathis died Sunday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born January 21, 1927 in Altus to William Oscar and Alice Pearl (Christian) Mathis. Mr. Mathis graduated from Lawton High School in 1949 where he played various sports. He married Billye Ann Strain on June 1, 1951 in Burkburnett, Texas. He was an original inductee when the Parachute Riggers Hall of Fame was established at the Airborne Department of the Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia. Mr. Mathis was stationed at various military installations during his Army career. He was a member of MOOA, Retired Officers Association and DAV Chapter 5. Survivors include his wife, of the home, daughter and her spouse, Belinda Reed and Walter Warner, Lawton, two sons, Michael Ray Mathis, Petersburg, Virginia and Mark Mathis and his wife Brenda, Fort Worth, Texas and eight grandchildren, Patrick, Alicia, Jackie, Michael, Jr., James, Megan, Miranda and Alyssa. He is also survived by great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews too numerous to mention. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 3000 United Founders Blvd., Suite 110, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112.