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Funeral service for Floyd William Kennedy, Jr. will be 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, January 2, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Monty Baggett officiating.
Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Floyd William Kennedy, Jr. age 94, of Lawton, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Lawton. He was born Sept. 11, 1923 in Sterling, Oklahoma to Alice and Floyd Kennedy, Sr. He graduated from Sterling High School and attended Cameron College. In 1941 he went to work at Security Bank & Trust Co. prior to enlisting in the Army Air Corp. During World War II he served in the 490th Bomb Group in England completing 30 combat missions before being released in November 1945. Following the war he returned to work at Security Bank in various positions where he met and eventually married Jeanine Lewis in February 1949. He became president of Security Bank & Trust Co. in 1978 and retired from that position in 1983.
Floyd was involved in many civic organizations serving as secretary treasurer and a member of the board of directors for the Noon Lions Club. He also served on the board of directors for the Leslie Powell Foundation and as treasurer for the Comanche County Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was also a member of the Black Beaver Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Floyd was also active in local politics and loved to golf and fish.
Following the death of his first wife in 1996, Floyd met and married Opal Walker in September 1998. They lived happily until she passed away in April 2014.
Floyd is preceded in death by his father, Floyd W. Kennedy, Sr., mother, Alice Marie Seay, brother, Maurice Kennedy, sister Barbara Welch and wives, Jeanine Kennedy and Opal Kennedy.
He is survived by his four children and their spouses, Patricia L. Perez and Nordin of Georgetown, Texas, Donald M. Kennedy and Sue, of Plano, Texas, Susan Stover of Lawton, Oklahoma and Shirley Bland and Rick of Kingston, Oklahoma.
He is also survived by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
He was also loved and will be greatly missed by step daughter and spouse, Irene Tyler and Jack.
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