Memorial service for LaVon "Curly" Crook, 88, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the First Baptist Church with Shane Hall, Pastor, and Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Mr. Crook died Monday, January 9 in a Lawton hospital. A private family burial with military honors will be held prior to the memorial service at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Mr. Crook was born March 4, 1923 at Geary, Oklahoma, to Clint Ward and Clara Jane (Armstrong) Crook. He moved to Chattanooga, Oklahoma in 1926 where he attended elementary and high school and was a member of the Church of Christ. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in October of 1943 and served with the 25th Infantry Division in Bougainville and New Caledonia. He married Lorena McManus on October 23, 1944 at the First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas. He moved to Lawton in January of 1945 where he was employed by the Public Service Company, working at the power plant for 40 years, retiring in March of 1985. He attended the First Baptist Church of Lawton and was a charter member of the Friendly Fellows Sunday School Class, which Dr. Charles Green taught, and continued to be an active member for 64 years. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #1002, a former member of the Mt. Scott Masonic Lodge #540 and was a 32nd degree Mason with the Oklahoma Consistory in Guthrie. He was a charter member of the Southwest Sports Association and the Lawton Knife and Fork Club. He looked forward to his golfing and leaves behind many loved golfing buddies. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and son in law, Susie and Richard Harmon, Lantana, Texas; two grandchildren and their spouses, Traci and Mike Newell, Lawton, and Chris and DeAnna Harmon, Elgin; three great grandchildren, Harmon Newell, Addison Harmon and Connor Harmon; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, two sisters, Lois Hoyt and Lorene Degiovanni Parton, and a brother, Ray Crook, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the student ministry at the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton OK 73502.