Funeral for Leon Hodges, 84, Lawton will be at 1:30 PM Monday, February 3, 2014 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Dan Palesano officiating. Leon passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 28, 2014 in his home in Lawton with Von Brown by his side caring for him. The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014 at the funeral home. Leon was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma on June 21, 1929 to John Alvin and Daisy Lee (Sullivan) Hodges. He was raised in southwest Oklahoma. Leon was one of twelve children. He married Bonnie Aleila White on April 23, 1949 in Lawton. She died in 1997. He worked as a delivery driver for Coca Cola in Lawton. In 1954 he and his two brothers ran the Phillips 66 on the corner of second and Columbia. Throughout the years he owned numerous service stations in Lawton. He also worked for Brown & Root as an industrial pipe foreman. He loved drag racing, re-building engines and life. He retired in July 1999. Leon was a good husband, father and papaw and he will be missed by all. He is survived by three sons and their spouses, Richard and Angela Hodges, Lawton, Robin Hodges, Jacksonville, Florida and Timothy and Donna Hodges, Hickory, North Carolina,a daughter, two grandchildren whom he raised, Sandy M. Seman and her husband Shawn, Palm Bay, Florida and Jennifer R. Smith and her husband James, Baker, Florida, nineteen grandchildren, thirty-six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. He is also survived by a brother, Frank Hodges and his wife Linda, Las Vegas, Nevada and two sisters, Betty Spriggs, Killeen, Texas and Hazel Purkey and her husband Roy, Gore, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of forty-eight years, two sons, Randy Hodges and Ronnie Hodges and numerous brothers and sisters. The family would like to give a special thank you to the doctors, nurses and caregivers who took care of our dad for many months.