Graveside service for Jim Sutton will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Chaplain Leonard Reimer, Promise Care Hospice officiating.

Burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Jim Sutton went home to be with his Heavenl y Father on November 16 ^th , 2018 at the age of 82. Jim was born March 29 ^th , 1936 in Lawton to Norbin and Frances Sutton and grew up on the family farm in Lawton with his sisters Betty and Mary Frances. After attending Lawton High School, Jim went on to attend Oklahoma Baptist University where he received his Bachelor's Degree in 1957.  After attending OBU, he received his Masters Degree in Accounting from The University of Arkansas.  Upon graduating, Jim moved back to Lawton and began teaching Business at Lawton High School, where he taught for 7 years before joining Ft. Sill National Bank in 1967. Jim worked at FSNB for 31 years in increasingly responsible positions until retiring from the Bank in 1998.

Jim loved the Lord and would often recite The Lord's Prayer during his last months. In life, he enjoyed living on the farm, raising his dogs, watching OU and Dallas Cowboys football, and spending time with the family. His pleasing disposition and big, happy smile will be missed by all who knew him well. He was preceded in death by his parents, Norbin and Frances Sutton, sister Betty Edwards, and niece Kaye Edwards and is survived by his sister Mary Frances Rumbaugh, nieces Ginger McPherson, Dena Anderson, and Pam Edwards, and nephew Stephen Edwards.

The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff at the Chateau and Promise Care for their tender loving care during Jim's last months.