Funeral service for Jackie Leon Appleton will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 2, 2017, in the Becker-Rabon  Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tim Evans, Dayspring Community Church officiating.

Burial will follow in Cache Cemetery.

Jackie Leon Appleton, age 76, of Lawton passed away Monday, November 27, 2017 in Lawton.  He was born May 14, 1941, in Elk City, Oklahoma, to Dexter and Manie (Lewis) Appleton, and moved with his family to Chickasha in 1954. He graduated from Chickasha High School in 1959. He married his high school sweetheart Janie Sue McCarty August 3, 1961 in Chickasha. They lived in Anadarko briefly before moving to Weatherford and then to Shawnee, Oklahoma where he worked For Humpty Supermarkets. He and Janie moved to Lawton in 1969 where he worked for Humpty until 1979. He then worked for Frito Lay, Inc. before retiring in 2001. Jackie was a member of Dayspring Community Church in Lawton.

Jackie is survived by his wife, and his daughter, Cynthia LaNae Emmett of Lawton; his son, Shawn Daniel and daughter-in-law Sara Appleton of Lawton, three granddaughters, Chelsey & husband Ben Bench of Madison, WI, Cori Emmett Nashville, TN; Madison Appleton Lawton, and several nieces and nephews and their families.

His parents, brother Phil Appleton and sister Fern Howery of Chickasha proceeded Jackie in death.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that funds be directed to the Integris Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, 3300 N.W. Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK  73112.