Age 72, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 12:30pm Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Cliff Gravitt officiating. SFC Flowers died Tuesday morning at his home. Burial with full military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 6-8 pm. He was born January 30, 1936 in LaGrange, Georgia to Silver, Jr. and Lady (Russell) Flowers. He enlisted in the Army after graduating high school. He married Tsuneko Kudaka in Okinawa, Japan on April 7, 1964. In his 20 year military career he served 3 tours in Vietnam and was awarded the Purple Heart (2nd Award). He was also a POW held in Cambodia. He retired August 28, 1975 at Fort Sill and was a Lawton resident for 33 years. He was a lifetime member of the VFW and the DAV. He was a loving husband for 44 years and a devoted father to his children. Survivors include his wife, Tsuneko Flowers; 4 children, Elaine Copeland of Dallas, Georgia, Dale Flowers and his wife Helen of Katy, Texas, Jerry Flowers and his wife Ashley of Edmond, OK, and Denise Long of Richmond, Texas; 11 grandchildren, Trevela Erturk, Erica Jennings, Zachery Flowers, Quentin Flowers, Brandon Flowers, Tevin Long, Bryce Flowers, Malachi Walton, Skylar Flowers, Jacobie Flowers and Chloe Flowers; 2 great grandchildren; a sister, Helen Gilmore of Dayton, Ohio; and lifetime friends, Everett and Jeanette Hairston. He was preceded in death by his parents, 5 brothers and 1 sister. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Oklahoma, 3617 NW 58th St. Suite 101, Oklahoma City, OK 73112