A graveside service for MSgt (Retired) Oscar Edwin Tice, age 86, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin.

Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Mr. Tice died on Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Lawton.  He was born January 19, 1937, in Girard, Alabama.  He graduated from Jordan Vocational High School in Columbus, Georgia, in 1955 and joined the Air Force.  He married Christine Scherrer in February of 1959 in Munich, Germany.  After retiring from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant in 1975, he attained a Master of Science in 1979 from Northwestern State University, in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Relocating to Lawton in 1991, Edwin accepted a position at Cameron University in the Department of Technology, retiring in 2001.

He is survived by wife Christine; daughters Peggy, Anita, Deborah and spouses; 7 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren; and sister, Martha Jean Greenia.

He was preceded in death by brother James, and grandson Jacob Lynn.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave, 5th Floor, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851.

Ed will be greatly missed by family and friends who loved him dearly.