Age 67, Lawton - Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Letitia Baptist Church, east of Lawton. Mr. Bruce died Wednesday at his residence. Burial will be in the Letitia Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born October 14, 1942 in Lawton to O.B. and Vera Martin Bruce. He grew up in eastern Comanche County and graduated from Central High School near Marlow. In 1958, at the age of 17, he and a brother opened Bruce Auto Sales. He married his high school sweetheart, Janice S. McGee, on May 20, 1961 at the Bethel Methodist Church, east of Lawton. Following their marriage they moved to Sutherland, Oregon and while there were blessed with the birth of a son, Troy Marlin. They later returned to Lawton where they were blessed with the birth of a daughter, Christie Marlene. He continued in the car business and in 1978 he and his brothers began Bruce Brothers Drilling and Bruce Oil Company. He later owned several furniture stores as well as operated a kennel where he raised and raced greyhound dogs. He was a member of the Letitia Baptist Church. He was also a pilot. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son and daughter in law, Troy and Wilda Bruce, Lawton; a daughter and son in law, Christie and Tommy Tugmon, Lawton; four grandchildren, Nicole Ellis and husband Levi, Mustang, Oklahoma, Tyler Tugmon, Taylor Tugmon and Megan Lenhardt, all of Lawton; two great grandsons, Jackson and Lincoln Ellis, both of Mustang; two brothers and sisters in law, Darrell and Helen Bruce and Weldon and Opal Bruce, all of Lawton; a brother in law, Ted Woolley; two nieces and their husbands, Brenda and Alfred Smith and Belinda and Donny Macks, all of Lawton; three nephews, Stanley Bruce and wife Donna, Lawton, Stan Venezia, Dallas, Texas, and Bruce Venezia, California. His parents, a sister, Hazel Woolley, and a niece, Carolyn Sue Bruce, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Letitia Baptist Church, 2606 S. State Highway 65, Lawton OK 73501.