Funeral for E.J. Helms, 89, Lawton will be at 1:30 PM Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mr. Helms died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 in Lawton. Burial with Masonic Rites and military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born April 4, 1923 in Agawam, Oklahoma to Emmett and Sethie L. (Fitzgerald) Helms. Mr. Helms served in the Army in Okinawa during World War II. He married Wanda Lee Pipkin in March 1948. He had worked for Civil Service at Fort Sill and then opened Helms Camper and RV Supply. He retired in 1999. Mr. Helms was a Blue Lodge member of Mount Scott Masonic Lodge #540 A.F. & A.M. He was also a member of Apache Masonic Lodge #223 and the McAlester Consistory. He was a Shriner and a 33rd degree Mason. Survivors include his wife, of the home, grandson, Heath Severtson, Lawton, sister, Winnie "Tootsie" Glover, Elgin, brother, Gene Helms and his wife Hazel, Chattanooga and a son-in-law, Roger Severtson, Medicine Park. He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Ronnie Helms and daughter, Susan Helms.