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Robert L. Millar

Nov 21, 1929 — Dec 16, 2009

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Age 80, Lawton - Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Memorial Chapel at the First Baptist Church with Brother Gene Escoe and Brother Eddie Coast officiating. Commander Millar died Wednesday in Lawton. Burial with Navy honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Commander Millar was born November 21, 1929 in Elk City, Oklahoma, to Paul Hastings and Pearl Lena (Gilkerson) Millar, Sr. He grew up in southern Oklahoma and joined the U.S. Navy in 1948. He was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam and retired from the Navy on February 28, 1971. His awards include the Navy Achievement, Navy Unit Citation, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct (3 stars), Navy Occupation Service, China Service, National Defense Service (1 star) Korean Campaign Service (7 stars), Vietnam Service (1 Star), United Nations Service, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He married Mary James on January 29, 1951 in Grandfield. She preceded him in death on January 4, 1996. He later married Fay Capshaw on January 25, 1997 in Lawton. Following his retirement from the Navy attended Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls and worked as a homebuilder and as a salesman for Trinity Equipment Company and as a car salesman. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was a 32nd degree Mason. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son and daughter in law, Michael and Stephanie Millar, North Richland Hills, Texas; a daughter and son in law, Terri and Tommy Tyler, Burkburnett, Texas; four grandchildren and their spouses, Allyson and Jeff Spurgeon, Brent Millar and fiancé Jennifer, T.J. and Nicole, Tyler and Tiffany and Charles Gunnels; three great grandchildren, Jordan and Presley Spurgeon and Jayden Tyler; three step sons and their spouses, Kerry and Jeanette Capshaw, Norman, Oklahoma, Michael and Kay Capshaw, Valley View, Texas, and Phillip and Darlene Capshaw, Haughton, Louisiana; 12 Step Grandchildren; two sisters, Virginia Ruth Teaff, Electra, Texas, and Wilda Wood, Burkburnett, Texas. His parents, his first wife, three sisters, Lucille Scrivner, Vauncile Tenney and Maxine Wheeler, and a brother, Paul H. Millar, Jr., preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Baptist Church, 1916 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton OK 73501.

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