Funeral for Marion W. Lawson, 88, Lawton will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Bob Couch officiating. Mr. Lawson died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in Lawton. Burial with military honor will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born June 28, 1922 in Fletcher to William and Vailo (Breedlove) Lawson. He married Lela Mae Hitt on January 2, 1942 in Lawton. She died November 8, 1998. He married Mary Jane Calhoun on March 17, 2002 in Hollister. Mr. Lawson served in the Army during World War II. He received the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon and four Bronze Service Stars, the World War II Victory Ribbon and the American Theater Ribbon. He worked for Civil Service at Fort Sill for over twenty years retiring in 1977. Mr. Lawson was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hollister. Survivors include his wife, of the home, six children and their spouses, Lela and Andy Smith, Crenshaw, Mississippi, Marvin and Kyong Lawson, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Thurman Lawson, Atkins, Arkansas, Althea Gale Wilson, Lawton, Wilma Lawson-Thompson and her husband Carey, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Michael Lawson, Lawton, five step children and their spouses, Gwenda and Kerry Stepp, Ringling, Christine and Doug Schlumbohm and Daniel and Jackie Calhoun, all of Lawton, Kimberly and Mathen Moore, Gotebo and Tammy Calhoun and her companion Bill Lawler, Ardmore, a sister, Darlene Timken, Lawton and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Ward, sister, Pat Meade and two brothers, John Henry Lawson and Clay Lawson. Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Hospice, 1925 W. Gore Blvd., #B, Lawton, OK 73501-3665.