Funeral service for James W. (Jim) Ingram will be 9:30 A.M. Saturday, March 10, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins, pastor of Locust Grove Baptist Church, east of Lawton and C.H. Brazzel officiating.

Funeral service for James W. (Jim) Ingram will be 9:30 A.M. Saturday, March 10, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins, pastor of Locust Grove Baptist Church, east of Lawton and C.H. Brazzel officiating.

Burial with Lawton Police Department Honors will be in Elgin Memorial Lawn, Elgin, Oklahoma.

The family will greet friends from 5:30 P.M. until 6:30 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

James W. (Jim) Ingram, age 76, of Elgin, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 in Lawton. He was born August 27, 1941 in Rector, Arkansas to James K. and Cleda Mae (Barker) Ingram.  He married Linda S. Morales on July 6, 1974 in Lawton.  Mr. Ingram graduated from Rector High School and Arkansas State University.  He attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corps.  He came to Oklahoma in 1966 and was employed by the City of Lawton.  He joined the Lawton Police Department and later became a traffic officer and then was with the "K-9"Unit and then was a detective with the Narcotics and Vice Division.  He retired as a Lieutenant.  Following his retirement he owned and operated an electronics and repair service for over thirty years.  He was a musician for many years.  For the last sixteen years he played with his band, "Creek" at the VFW.  He ended his music career on July 4, 2015.  He then farmed and raised cattle.  His hobbies included gardening, fishing and restoring old tractors.

Survivors include his wife, of the home, four children , Mike Ingram and his wife Andie, Kennett, Missouri, Emma Jo Ingram, Lawton, Jimmy Ingram, Kennett, Missouri and Kendrall Ingram, Lawton, six grandchildren, Tyler Ingram, Gavin Ingram and Ashley Ingram, all of Kennett, Missouri, Darnell Williams, Kendrall Yackeschi and Jacob Yackeschi, all of Lawton, five great grandchildren, Bryson Ingram and Lyla Ingram, both of Kennett, Missouri and Eleanor Williams and Arte Williams, both of Lawton, a brother, Wayne Ingram, Rector, Arkansas, a sister, Pat Barclift, Collierville, Tennessee and many nieces and nephews.

His parents, brother, Bob Ingram, sister, Vera Williams and great grandson, Kendrick Williams preceded him in death.