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Funeral service for Guy Robert Fox, Jr., will be 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Letitia Baptist Church.
Burial with military honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.
Guy Robert Fox, Jr., age 91, passed on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born July 2, 1934 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Guy and Lois Fox. He grew up in Pawnee and attended Lela Grade School and graduated in 1952 as salutatorian of Pawnee High School where he was an Honor Society student all four years.
He attended Oklahoma A&M where he received his associate degree on May 25, 1954 while participating in ROTC prior to entering the United States Air Force. He served in Korea during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged on September 22, 1962. He returned to the Pawnee area where he met and married his wife of 66 years, Helen Louise Fox, née Beadman. He received his Certificate of License to the Ministry on March 6, 1963 at Conway, Arkansas. Later he also attended the Jacksonville Baptist Seminary, Jacksonville, Texas. He and his wife eventually spent time in Mexico working as volunteer missionaries among the Jalisco Indians.
Guy eventually finished his B.A. from Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma on May 10, 1977. Mr. Fox worked for several years on the 1980 Native American Census through the United States Census Bureau. In addition, he made his career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs where he served more than 20 years, mainly working in social services. Following retirement, he also volunteered with delivery of meals throughout the Kaw City/Newkirk, Oklahoma area. He spent his latter years pastoring at the Kildare Baptist Church, Kildare, Oklahoma, and worked with the Kay County Baptist Association out of Ponca City, Oklahoma.
He is survived by his wife, Helen, his three children, Mary Helen Farris and Billie C. Wood, Jr. of Geronimo, Oklahoma, and Stewart A. Wood of Duncan, Oklahoma. He has six grandchildren: Krystel M. Wood-Geeting, William R. Wood, Angela Wood, Kelly Wood, Sara Moody and Eric Green; eight great- grandchildren; ten great-great grandchildren; and five great-great-great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dakota Children's Advocacy Center, 1800 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501.
An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com
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