Funeral service for Gary Michael "Mike" McAlister, 65, Indiahoma, will be at 10:00 am Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the First Baptist Church, Indiahoma, with Les Banks, Pastor, officiating. Mike went to his heavenly home on Monday, June 16, 2014 at home with his family at his side. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Indiahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Mike was born November 19, 1948 in Mangum, Oklahoma to Walter Luther "Sock" and Georgie Irene (Walkup) McAlister. Mike was the youngest of seven children. He started elementary school at Reed, Oklahoma in 1955. Mike was baptized in 1960 by Pastor Tom Bolton at the First Baptist Church in Reed. He was very active in sports in high school, playing baseball and basketball. He also excelled in woodworking shop class, building several pieces of beautiful furniture. Mike graduated from Reed High School in May of 1967 and joined Company B, 245th Tank Battalion, 45th Division National Guard in Mangum. He received basic training and Armor training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, serving six years and was honorably discharged in 1973. Mike was a 32nd degree Mason. In 1968 he enrolled in Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration school at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He graduated in September 1970 and became a licensed Electrical and Mechanical Contractor. He owned and operated his own business for several years. Mike married Laquita Defoor and they had one son, Michael Wayne. Later Mike was employed by the Lawton Constitution Newspaper as Building Supervisor until retiring in 2009. In 1997 he married Sharie Noel, and they lived on a farm at Indiahoma. He is survived by his wife, Sharie of the home; son, Michael Wayne and his wife Karrie; granddaughters, Marilyn, Karlie and Mattie McAlister all of Hollis, Oklahoma; stepsons, Lonnie Noel, Dallas, Texas and Todd and wife Dot Noel, Indiahoma; step grandchildren, Kara, Kirsty, Jesse and Cody Noel; great step grandson, Bryson Gilliam, Indiahoma; brothers, John McAlister and wife Jeanie, Lawton, Pat McAlister and wife Nancy, Frederick; sister, Patricia and husband Ben Ferguson, Mangum; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Wanda Jones, Tudie Boyd and Vada McAlister; and a nephew, Patrick McAlister.