Funeral service for Danny Gene (Mr. Dan) Davidson will be at 1:00 pm Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Northwest Church of Christ with Garrett Bookout, Minister officiating.

Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Walters Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Danny Gene Davidson, 70, Lawton, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 in a Lawton hospital.  He was born March 28, 1946 in Hobbs, NM to Lee R. and Mary Ann (Simpson) Davidson.  He had two sisters and two brothers and a twin brother Daniel Joe.  His mother, father, two sisters and one brother were killed in a car wreck when Danny and his twin were four years old.  Danny and his twin went to live with their grandparents in San Antonio, TX.  After his grandparents died, Danny at age thirteen became a bronc rider for Mr. Van Horn in Douglas, MT.  He then joined the rodeo circuit and rode from Montana, through Amarillo and down to San Antonio.  He won many gold buckles and jeweled spurs.  After three years he went to work as an off-shore roughneck on an off-shore rig.  He was drafted into the US Army, where he was to serve with Marines Special Forces for three years.  He served in Vietnam where he was a survivor of "Hamburger Hill" and the effects of agent orange.  While in the service he earned the following awards: The Army Commendation Medal with V device for Heroism, the Vietnam Service Medal with Bronze Star, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, 3 Overseas Service Bars-Vietnam, National Defense Service Medal and the Expert Rifle Badge.  He came home and went to work for Coca Cola as a route driver and also Rock Island, Burlington and Frisco railroads.  He married Wanda Padduck in May of 1969, she passed away January 3, 2003.  He went to work for Lawton Public Schools in 1989, where he was known as (Mr. Dan) and worked there for 21 years before retiring.  He married Rosellen Harper on June 4, 2004.  They enjoyed gardening, yard work and fishing.

He is survived by his wife Rosellen, Clifton and Pam Harper and grandchildren Christopher and Cassidy Harper.  He is also remembered by many dear friends.