Funeral service for Herman A. Long, 88, Lawton will be at 1:30pm Tuesday in the Sullivan Village Church of Christ with Rodger Schwenn, Minister officiating. Mr. Long passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, OK. Burial with military honors will be in the Memory Lane Cemetery, Anadarko, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born October 30, 1922 in Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma to Bill and Fay (Hall) Long. He was a WW II Veteran, serving in the 740th Tank Battalion, where he received the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action on April 10, 1945 in Germany. He retired from construction work in June 1988, and was proud to have received his 50 year service pin from his local laborer union. He was a member of the Local Labor Union 495, and a member of the American Legion local 193. He was a member of Sullivan Village Church of Christ. He was married to Wanda Oletha Holman in August of 1946, until her death in 1974. He then married Betty Jane Wallace on October 21, 1977. He loved to fish, attend family reunions and going out to eat. Survivors include his wife Betty of 33 years, one son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Judy Long of Duncan, OK, two daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Vernon Paul of Lubbock, TX, Melba and Mike Harris of Adair, OK, grandchildren Amy and Jeff Baker of Duncan, OK, Tim and Victoria Long of McKinney, TX, Steven Paul of Lubbock, TX, Drew Harris of Tulsa, OK, Bryan and Amanda Harris of Edmond, OK, a great granddaughter Elle Baker, and step-great grandchildren, Bryson, Brant, Micah, Hannah, Nathan, two step-sons, Stacy and Calvin Wallace, step-grandson Matthew, three sisters, Helen Marshall, Juanita Box, Ann and husband Lee Wilkes, several nieces and nephews, cousins and many, many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Paul and John Long, two sisters, Willie Seabolt and Barbara Huckleby, and his mother and father-in-law, Clyde and Agnes Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Cox's Store Fire Department, 14810 NE Rogers Lane, Lawton, OK 73507 in Memory of Herman Long.