Funeral service for Lawrence Webster Purifoy will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 27, 2019 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Mallow, Pastor officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Lawrence Webster Purifoy, 86, Lawton, Oklahoma went to his heavenly home on Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Lawton. He was born November 3, 1933 in Bearden, Arkansas to Ruth Jobe and Florence (Pate) Purifoy. He dedicated his life to the Lord in December of 1976 and was a faithful servant to his Lord and Savior and volunteered for many things at the church. He enjoyed teaching Sunday school classes for Immanuel Baptist Church for many years. He grew up on a farm in Bearden, Arkansas and enjoyed, gardening, fishing, and hunting throughout his life.

Lawrence enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Sill and did his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. He learned to speak fluent German and Vietnamese before being stationed overseas. He was stationed in Mainz, Germany for eleven years, served in the Vietnam War as a senior artillery advisor for the South Vietnam Army, and was an instructor for the gunnery department at Fort Sill before retiring in 1972. He served his country for 20 years with honor and valor. Following retirement from the military, he worked for civil service at the instrument shop at Fort Sill for 15 years.

In 2005, he married Virgie Y. York in Lawton, Oklahoma. He lived a full, healthy, and peaceful life and will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends.

Lawrence is survived by his wife of the home, step children, Jonathan Jenkins of Lawton and Meesha Evans Jenkins of New Mexico, Jennifer Guthrie and husband Christopher of Elgin, Oklahoma, Jeremiah Jenkins and Jordan Brady Kotay of Lawton, nephew, Jerry Purifoy and wife Donna of Camden, Arkansas, his late nephew's wife Cheryl Hutchinson of Bearden, Arkansas, and many step grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Elizabeth Wolfert Purifoy, three brothers, Raymond, Irvin, and George Purifoy, one sister, Louise Purifoy Hutchinson, nephew, Robbie Hutchinson, and step son Sean Zotigh.