Funeral service for Lloyd Nelson will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 20, 2017 in Calvary Assembly of God with Rev. Byron G. Elmore, pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 1:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.

Lloyd Nelson, age 86, of Lawton, passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017 in Lawton.  He was born July 22, 1931 in Monette, Arkansas to William Edward and Ollie Myrtle (Hill) Nelson.  He married Juanita Maxfield on February 14, 1976 in Lawton.  He had attended Calvary Assembly of God since 1987.  Mr. Nelson served in the U.S. Army from August 6, 1952 until August 5, 1954.  He then worked for Mistletoe Express and was a truck driver for Warner Trucking.  He also worked for the Comanche County Sheriff's Department from 1989 until his retirement.  His favorite past times were church, playing his banjo and guitar, seeing his grandchildren and meeting friends and family for a cup of coffee, reminiscing about his time at the Sheriff's Department which would always bring a smile to his face.  He is one who LOVED his job.

He is survived by his children and their spouses, Gloria Jean Porter, Lawton, OK, Gail and Jerry Dixon, Cache, Oklahoma, Deloris and Bearl Dixon, Warrensburg, Missouri, Vicky Drzewucki, Lawton, Sandra Evans, Lawton, Lloyd Allen Nelson, Jr. and Brenda, Omaha, Nebraska, Mary Herrera, Norman, Oklahoma and Ricky Nelson, Memphis, Tennessee, twelve grandchildren to include Amanda Brown and her husband Shannon and a great grandchild, Scotty Story, all of whom Lloyd raised as his own as well as Becky, Skip and Robbie Harrison, Phil and David Maynard, Chris and Jerry Don Dixon, Shanna Summit and Shawn, Shane and Seth Dixon, thirty-one great grandchildren and twelve great great grandchildren, two sisters, Myrna Shelly, Kalamazoo, Michigan and Sibbie Shepard, Beebe, Arkansas, a brother, Leamon Nelson, Austin, Texas and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Shirley and Loyd Robinett, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

His parents preceded him in death, along with his brothers Charles, Doug, and Bill Nelson as well as his sisters, Arveleah Ward, Ollie Coffey and Elmarie Kirby, and a son-in-law, Wayne Porter and one granddaughter, Amy Pettijohn-Rivera.