Funeral service for Lula Alene Livingston, 93, Lawton, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, in the Lawton Heights Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Mike Murray and Rev. Bill Boles officiating. Mrs. Livingston died Monday, February 2, 2015, in Lawton. She had been a resident at McMahon-Tomlinson Nursing Center since October 2011. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Thursday at the funeral home. She was born August 14, 1921 in Miller County, Missouri, to Titha Jones Shelton Gilliam and Levi Mance Gilliam. She grew up in Missouri and in Creek County near Bristow, Oklahoma. She attended schools in Bristow and Barnsdall, Oklahoma. She married PFC James W. Livingston in Barnsdall on June 15, 1940, after which they moved to Lawton where her husband served at Fort Sill. He preceded her in death on April 19, 1997. In 1941 they were transferred to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where they resided until early in 1942. After other assignments they were sent to San Luis Obispo, California. While living in California Mrs. Livingston was employed at Thor Pneumatic Tools. After her husband left in August 1943 for the South pacific she returned to Bristow to be with family. On being discharged from the Army in 1945 they moved to Barnsdall where they began their years of ministry. They served as pastors in the Church of the Nazarene at nine congregations: Owasso and Skiatook, Oklahoma; Erick, Lawton, Anadarko, Frederick, Bartlesville and El Dorado, Oklahoma, and also Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1986 they retired after 40 years of ministry. Mrs. Livingston was a member of the Lawton Heights Church of the Nazarene. She served for more than 50 years as Sunday school teacher, youth director, missions president, music director and VBS director. With her husband she co-hosted two district conventions in their ministry, served on the Sunday school and NWMS councils for the Southwest Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene and also on the North Arkansas District. She was hostess for many dinners, luncheons and other functions held in the parsonages and churches and felt honored to entertain missionaries and guest speakers. She was a member of the Schubert Music Society and worked at the Comanche County Election Board for nine years. She was an avid seamstress, crafter and quilter. Her quilts, wall hangings and "Lula" bears can be found in many homes across the country. Survivors include two children and their spouses, Linda and Wayne Wilson, Lawton, and David and Nicki Livingston, Cache; three grandchildren, David Wilson, Lawton, Carolyn and Mike Paradiso, Duncan, and David Blackburn, Lawton; three great grandchildren, Cathleen, Courtney and Michael Paradiso; three sisters in law, Betty Livingston, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Ann Livingston, Bristow, Oklahoma, and Irene Shelton, Grants Pass, Oregon; many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, of the home; her mother and father; six brothers, Jack Gilliam, Lebanon, Oregon, Odle Gilliam, Kansas City, Missouri, Clinton Shelton, Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Glen Shelton and Clifford Shelton, both of Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Jim Shelton, Tustin, California; five sisters, Lucille Rose, Kansas City, Missouri, Maple Boyd, Bell Gardens, California, Beulah Fern Bise, Bellflower, California, Julia Irene Condry, Tyler, Texas, and Juanita Faye Gilliam, Bristow, Oklahoma; step sister and brother, Goldie Harper, Bristow, Oklahoma, and Bill Burris, Los Angeles, California; six sisters in law, Lula Gilliam, Kansas City, Missouri, Creda Gilliam, Lebanon, Oregon, Dorothy Shelton, Midland, Texas, Pauline Shenold, Glencoe, Oklahoma, Lorine Pease, Joplin, Missouri, and Juanita Shelton, Guthrie, Oklahoma; six brothers in law, Rev. Bill Livingston, Bristow, Oklahoma, Bill Condry, Tyler, Texas, Glen Pease, Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Arvel Boyd, Bell Gardens, California, Allen Bise, Bellflower, California, and Bud Livingston, Bristow, Oklahoma. Memorial contributions may be made to Lawton Heights Church of the Nazarene, 1707 NW Lincoln Avenue, Lawton OK 73507.