Graveside funeral service for J D Harper, 95, Lawton, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 25, in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Shane Hall officiating. Mr. Harper died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his residence. Burial with military honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born December 10, 1916 in Midland, Arkansas, to Clyde and Marie Harper. He grew up in Poteau, Oklahoma, where he graduated high school. He served in the U.S. Army from March of 1941 until October of 1945 and was a veteran of World War II. He married Aretta Sewell on February 6, 1942 in Palo Pinto, Texas. She preceded him in death on June 8, 2002. Following his discharge from the Army he lived in Mineral Wells, Texas, and moved to Lawton in 1946. He worked as a projectionist for five years in Lawton movie theaters before moving to Midwest City for a short time. He returned to Lawton and apprenticed as an upholsterer and later opened Harper's Upholstery where he worked until his retirement. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and he enjoyed fishing. He is survived by two daughters and sons in law, Sherry and Claud Taylor, Norman, Oklahoma, and Darla and Dr. Jim Knudson, Madison Lake, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren; a brother and sister in law, Dr. Harry and Shirley Harper, Hastings, Oklahoma; a sister, Alice Myers, Fort Myers, Florida; a sister in law, Polly Harper, Fort Smith, Arkansas; several nieces and nephews; his close friend, Lola Harper, Lawton. A brother, Percy "Tag" Harper and a sister, Elsie Grobe, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 1306 SW E Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501 or to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton, Oklahoma 73502.