Funeral service for MAJ (Retired) Charles Edward Myers will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 7, 2017 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Tompkins officiating.

Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Apache.

Charles Edward Myers was born November 1, 1929 in Kent, Ohio to William F. Myers and Eva Yacavona Myers and departed this life on Friday, September 1, 2017 at his residence.

He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Kent, Ohio and was immediately activated in the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  He married Grace M. Smallwood on March 9, 1952 at the First Baptist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was released from the active army and joined the Ohio National Guard in Kent, Ohio where he and his wife, Grace, lived two years. He was then transferred to the Oklahoma National Guard and retired after 39 years of loyalty and dedication with the rank of Major. His military career was very special to him and he always put the men first in his various units.

Charles (Chuck) also worked at Sears in Lawton, Oklahoma where he attained the position of supervisor in the shipping and receiving department and retired in 1991. He was also the past president of the Lawton AMBUCS.  After retirement, he was for many years a member and supporter of the Wichita Mountain's Estates Volunteer Fire Department.

He is survived by his wife, Grace, of the home; one son, Charles E. Myers, II and his wife Charlotte, Apache, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Charles E. Myers, III, Dianah Chandler, Isabella Chandler Destiney Warren and Derrek Smith; four great grandchildren, Rylan Warren, Cannon Myers, Falcon Myers and Hudson Warren; his sister, Martha Moyseenko; special nieces, Peggy Rice, Mary Moyseenko and Janet Henderson; special nephews, Bill Myers, John Moyseenko, James Moyseenko, Bill Isom, Alan Isom, Ron Smallwood, Joe Smallwood and Don Smallwood as well as many other loved family members.

His parents, Bill and Eva Myers, a son, Michael G. Myers, a brother, William J. Myers, and a sister, Margaret Fox, preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wichita Mountain's Estates Volunteer Fire Department, 87 Landmark Road, Lawton, OK  73507.