Funeral service for former Lawton resident Jack G. McCracken will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 27, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Caldwell officiating.

Burial with Lawton Fire Department Honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.

Jack G. McCracken, age 78, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017 in Lindsay.  He was born October 16, 1938 at Porter Hill, Oklahoma to W.A. and Elsie (Bay) McCracken.  He married Geraldine Karr on June 17, 1961.  Mr. McCracken retired as Assistant Fire Chief for the Lawton Fire Department after twenty-two years of service.  He then worked for New Southwest Baking for thirty years.  He also bought and sold hay all of his life.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Geraldine McCracken, three sons and their spouses, Lee McCracken, Phillip and Lisa McCracken and Jeff and Christy McCracken,  two extended daughters, Glenna McCracken and Kim Spencer, grandchildren and their spouses, Corey  and Danielle McCracken, Krystal and Steven Clements, Courtney McCracken and her fiancé, Mark, Shelbie and Tyler Bayer, Lacey and Josh Richards, Cody McCracken, Peyton McCracken, Denton McCracken, Tanner McCracken and Avery McCracken, five great grandsons, four great granddaughters and two great grandsons on the way.  He is also survived by three brothers and their spouses, Lester and Rita McCracken, Edgar McCracken and Donald and Becky McCracken, two sisters and their spouses, Maurice and Noble Pendleton and Patsy and Wade Chittman, brother-in-law, Lee Pohlemann and his wife Doris, extended brother and sister, Larry and Shirley Bogges, several nephews and nieces and extended special family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, W.A. McCracken, mother, Elsie Bay McCracken, two sisters, Cecilia Covington and Barbara Deluca, three brothers-in-law, Frank Deluca, Gerald Griggs and Howard Turnbull and a sister-in-law, Linda McCracken.