Funeral service for Major (Retired) Leslie B. Scott, 93, Lawton, will be 1:30 pm Wednesday, February 12, 2014 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Major Scott died Friday, February 7 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Major Scott was born April 16, 1920 at Waco, Texas. He married Shirley M. Carter on June 10, 1948 at Kobe, Japan. He joined the U.S. Army in 1938 and served over 23 years before retiring in 1961. His overseas duty tours included: Coast Artillery, Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Department, 1938-1943; 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, Leyte and Mindanao Philippine Islands, 1944-1945; Occupation of southern Japan, Shikoku and Kyushu Islands 1945-1949; 17th Field Artillery Battalion, Korea 1950-1951, where he was awarded a battlefield commission and a bronze star medal with v for valor; 756th Field Artillery Battalion, Wertheim, Germany 1954-1957. His military awards include the American Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), World War II Victory Medal, Army Occupation Medal, Japan, Army Occupation Medal, Germany, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant, Seven battle stars for participation in major campaigns and seven overseas service bars. He had been a Lawton resident since 1949 and a 35 year member of the Northwest Kiwanis Club where he served as Club President from 1970-1971 and Lieutenant Governor of Division 18 from 1977-1978. He also served several terms as Member of Board of Directors and four years as Club Secretary. He served one term as Texas-Oklahoma District Chairman. He was a member of the Legion of Honor and a lifetime member of the Past Lieutenant Governors Association. He is a lifetime member of the Retired Officer's Association and is a licensed private pilot. He served as a Comanche County Deputy Sheriff for many years, serving under Sheriffs Paul Elkins, Coy Rogers and Kenny Stradley. He retired from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in 1983. He is survived by his wife of the home; three daughters, Eva M. Hennessee, Lawton, Pamela K. Adams and her husband Ron, Peachtree City, Georgia and Julie A. Parmley and her husband Dennis, Milledgeville, Georgia; a son, Leslie B. Scott, Jr. and his wife Crystal, Las Cruces, New Mexico; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; one great great grandson; and two sisters, Gail Benton, Beebe, Arkansas and Marion Swanson, Everett, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. Memorial contributions may be made to Promise Care Hospice, 4202 SW Lee Blvd., Lawton, OK 73505