Funeral service for Gene Calvin Bray will be at 10:00 am Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Northwest Church of Christ, Lawton with Ron Goodnight, Minister of the Erick Church of Christ, Erick, Oklahoma and Monte Ginnings, Minister of the Apache Church of Christ, Apache, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow at 2:00 pm in the Rush Springs Cemetery, Rush Springs, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends Friday, August 17, 2018 from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

Gene Calvin Bray, 86, Lawton passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at home with his family.  He was born February 12, 1932 in Houston, Texas to William and Mae Elizabeth (Reaves) Bray.  Gene attended school in Duncan, Oklahoma.  He joined the Oklahoma National Guard, 45 ^th Infantry Division when he was 18.  Before he could graduate high school, he was called to duty in the Korean War.  He served as a cook, the company bugler and obtained rank of Sergeant.  After returning home from Korea he finished his senior year of high school.  Gene married Loisa Fitzgearld of Empire on March 11, 1955.  They resided in Duncan and New Mexico until 1962.  They lived in Edmond from 1962 to 2009. Gene was a mail carrier for the Edmond Post Office, retiring in 1995.  He survived being shot in the 1986 Edmond Post Office shooting. He said, "God's grace is what saved him".  Gene and Loisa moved to Lawton in 2009 and celebrated 63 years and 5 months of marriage. His hobbies included wood working, plastic canvas, tinkering with motors and electronics and playing 42 with friends.

Gene is survived by his wife, Loisa Bray, his children- Anita Welge of Fletcher, Oklahoma, Kappy Howard of Lawton, Oklahoma,  Kevin Bray of Nixa, Missouri, and Kristy and Mike Brown of Lawton, Oklahoma, his eight grandchildren- Natasha and Rory Dominquez of Cushing, Oklahoma, Tamara and Sean Parker of Collinsville, Oklahoma, Tara Tindell of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Joshua Brown of Lawton, Oklahoma, Jessica Brown of Lawton, Oklahoma,  Jacob Brown of Lawton, Oklahoma, Bryan Bray of Nixa, Missouri and Jason Bray of Nixa, Missouri, and two great grandchildren- Noah Steen of Fletcher, Oklahoma and Tyndelle Parker of Collinsville, Oklahoma.  He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Gene was preceded in death by his father and mother- William and Mae Bray, his brothers- Bill Bray, Bob Bray and Glen Bray, his sisters- Lou Littig and Anna Murphy, a great granddaughter- Kayelee Garrison, a great grandson- Ashton Davis and a son-in-law John Welge.