Graveside service for Jimmie Lee Branscum, 83, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Friday, June 12, 2015 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Branscum died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the funeral home. He was born October 7, 1931 in Snyder, Oklahoma to Claude G. and Stella Mae (Tippens) Branscum. He married Sheryl Canon Moore January 8, 1971 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Mr. Branscum spent his early years in Cache, Snyder and Indiahoma and moved with his family to Lawton in 1946. During his teens he worked for Frank Rush at Craterville Park. He served in Korea alongside his brothers with the 45th Division 700 Maintenance Ordinance. He was a Lawton police officer and a private investigator. He was a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and taught karate and self-defense classes to all ages for many years. He retired from Civil Service at Fort Sill after 30 years in engineering, construction and transportation. Many co-workers called him by the nickname "Cornbread". Mr. Branscum owned and operated Branscum's Lawnmower Service. For ten years he was president of the Will Rogers Neighborhood Association. He served two terms on the Lawton City Council as Council-At Large and was Mayor Pro Tem in 1994-1995. He belonged to Mount Scott Lodge 540. He was a faithful member of the Eighth & Lee Church of Christ since 1962. He was always looking for ways to help others in whatever way he could. He loved reading his Bible and enjoyed playing dominoes and "Casino" and watching old westerns. He was a wonderful husband, dad, grampa and friend and will be deeply missed. His parting words to others were often "don't' take any wooden nickels". Survivors include his wife, of the home, daughter and son-in-law, Sherilyn and Philip Tucker, Little Rock, Arkansas, three grand-daughters, Elisabeth Bennett, Christine Bennett and Sarah Bennett, brother and sister-in-law, Claud and Sue Branscum, Geronimo, Oklahoma and several nieces, nephews and many friends. Preceding him in death were his parents, two brothers, Harry Branscum and John Branscum and two sisters, Lola Pearl (Ditty) Jackson and Faye Nichols. Memorial contributions may be made to the Fraternal Order of Police, 10 S.W. 4th Street, Lawton, OK 73501 or to the Eighth & Lee Church of Christ Building Fund, 1205 S.W. 8th Street, Lawton, OK 73501.