Age 81, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the Centenary United Methodist Church Activities Center with Rev. William F. Todd, Senior Pastor officiating. Mr. Dodson died Monday in a Norman hospital. Burial will follow the service at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born March 21, 1928 in Lawton to M. M. and Molly (Pace) Dodson. He grew up in Lawton and was a graduate of Lawton High School and attended Cameron College. He married Judy Shanklin on May 19, 1951 in Lawton. She preceded him in death on April 20, 1996. He was an entrepreneur. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church where he was a charter member of the Inquirers Sunday School Class and had served as a Trustee Chair, a member of the Finance Committee and the Endowment Trust. He was a Mason and a Shriner. He is survived by three sons and daughters in law, Mikel and Susan Dodson, Lawton, Brett and Staci Dodson, Cache, and William and Phyllis Westfahl, Okeene, Oklahoma; a brother, Bob Dodson, Amarillo, Texas; a sister, Betty Brown, Lawton; nine grandchildren, Savannah, Abby, Hunter, Hannah, Molly, Megan, Connor, Jordan and Emili. A daughter, Beth Lyn Dodson, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Centenary United Methodist Church Building Fund, 704 SW D Avenue, Lawton OK 73501.