Age 90, Lawton - Services will be 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. William F. Todd and Rev. Phil Jones, officiating. Mr. Middleton died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore. He was born in Oklahoma City in 1917 and was raised in Pasadena, Texas. He was valedictorian of his high school class. He earned his bachelor degree as a biology major from Rice University where he attended from 1935-1940. He married Anne Durham in 1938 at Galveston, Texas. She preceded him in death in 1976. He worked for AT&SF Railway as a Claim Agent for 38 years until his retirement in 1979. After residing in Ardmore for 55 years he moved to Lawton in 2002. He was active in the Ardmore Community Concert Association, a member of the advisory board of the Goddard Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in Ardmore, a volunteer worker at First United Methodist Church in Ardmore, a perpetual member and organist of Ardmore Masonic Lodge #31, a 32nd degree Mason and member of the McAlester Scottish Rite Consistory, a perpetual member of the India Shrine Temple, a volunteer for the Ardmore Shrine rodeo and dance, a founder of Two Left Feet Dance Club in Ardmore and a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lawton. He is survived by a son and daughter in law, Charles and Dana Middleton, Lawton; a granddaughter, Jackie, Dallas, Texas. His mother, Blanche Nail, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Great Plains Technology Center Foundation, 4500 West Lee, Lawton OK 73505 or to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, P.O. Box 2074, Lawton OK 73502. Following the funeral, the family will host a reception at the Fairfield Inn and Suites, 201 SE 7th Street, Lawton.