Funeral service for Hargis Gean Semore will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 25, 2024 in Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Tamaha Cemetery, east of Stigler, Oklahoma under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Hargis Gean Semore died Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Lawton, Oklahoma.  He was born March 1, 1941 to Gean and Esther Semore in Red Hill, Oklahoma.  He was a 1959 graduate of Stigler High School.  He served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 until 1969.  Following his honorable discharge he attended Oklahoma State Technical School in Okmulgee, Oklahoma where he graduated in 1971 with a degree in electronics.

Hargis worked two years at the ammunitions plant in Kansas until the Vietnam War ended.  His career was spent working for Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) in Lawton, Oklahoma.  He worked in various departments but mostly worked substation testing for 29 ½ years.  Following his retirement from PSO he did contract work for IBEW for three years.

Hargis married Brenda Sue Smith in 1969 and they were happily married for 55 years.  God blessed them with a baby girl, Kristina Dawn Semore (Keller) in 1975, and one grandson, Kyle Ray Keller, in 1995.

Following his retirement, Hargis and Brenda traveled to 49 of the 50 United States, traveling on Highway 50 from Oceanside, California to Ocean City, Maryland.  They also traveled over the years to the provinces of Canada, from Yukon Territory to Novia Scotia.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters and brothers-in-law, Eulema and Bill Bishop, Rena and Bob Taylor, Ena and Bennie Henry and Ann Williams, as well as many loved aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins and friends.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; daughter, Kristina and fiancé Curtis Darby; grandson, Kyle Keller; brother, Enos Semore; cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Memorial contributions in honor of Hargis may be made to the Lawton-Fort Sill Veterans Center.