Graveside funeral service for Freddie Lindsey Blaylock will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2018 at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, with Rev. Kevin McCurdy, Dr. William F. Watkins and Steve Miller officiating.

Burial with military honors will be under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Freddie Lindsey Blaylock, age 82, Lawton, died Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Lawton.  He was born February 19, 1936 in Short, Oklahoma to Garland and Mavis (Peace) Blaylock.  He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma and attended school.  The family moved to Tulsa his senior year and he graduated high school in Tulsa.  He married Kaye Finkenbinder on June 26, 1959 in Tulsa. Following graduation he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1954 until 1958.  He was a veteran of the Korean War.

He earned his BA degree with an emphasis in public relations from the University of Oklahoma in 1962.  He later earned his Master's Degree in human relations from OU in 1972.  He was employed for 30 years with OG&E and following retirement worked with the University of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence, the Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce and Anderson's Pharmacy.

He was a member of Westwood Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.  He was also a member of the Marine Corps League.  He was the second commandant of the local chapter and had been honored as "Marine of the Year" at both the local and state levels.  He also served as the League chaplain at the state and local level and was honored with the title "Chaplain Emeritus" locally.

Survivors include his wife, Kaye Blaylock; a daughter and son-in-law, Karla and Paul Korhonen;  a son and daughter-in-law, Mikel and JoAnn Blaylock; six grandchildren, Katie Korhonen, Erica Flinn and husband Cale, Cole McCarter, Ben McCarter, Riley Spaeth and Emily Blaylock; his great grandson, Rayden Perkins; a sister, Jodi Lewis; and a niece, Lindsay Weeks.

His parents, Garland Blaylock and Mavis Peace Morton, preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.