Funeral service for Murriel Jennings will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Calvary Assembly of God with Rev. Byron G. Elmore, Pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Murriel Jennings, 86 of Lawton, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 in Wichita Falls, TX.  He was born May 25, 1930 in Pauls Valley, OK to Vernon Harket and Verda Pearl (Wade) Jennings.  His family moved to Lawton in 1931.  He entered the US Army in February 1948 and did his basic training at Fort Jackson SC.  In 1949 he was stationed at Fort Sill as a corporal.  He served during the Korean War, earning the Combat Infantry Badge, the Korean Service Medal, UN Service Medal, 1 O/S Bar and the Good Conduct Medal-2.  He married Daphene Carmichael on December 21, 1950 in Lawton.  She passed away September 7, 2009.  Murriel was always fascinated with driving trucks.  Most of his uncles in Pauls Valley hauled hay and he wanted to continue the family tradition.  In early 1957 he purchased his first truck from one of his uncles.  His career as a truck driver began with his hauling hay to Fort Worth, TX.  Over the next 34 years, Murriel bought, sold and leased numerous trucks.  He drove short and long distance, hauling hay, wheat, fruit, gravel, oil and gas, oilfield tools and equipment and even bread for Mead's Fine Bread.  His last "run" was to Florida; he retired in September of 1991.  Murriel always enjoyed hunting and fishing, and after his retirement he and Daphene spent many weeks traveling, fishing and relaxing at Portabello RV Park in Aransas Pass, TX.

Survivors include his daughter Melinda K. Denman of Lawton, 3 brothers, Lee T. Jennings of Alamogordo, NM, Daniel J. Jennings of Mesquite, TX, Jim D. Jennings of Duncan, OK, 3 grandchildren, Toni Jennings Kleiber and husband Jeff of Pekin, IL, Tracy Jennings Keen and husband Sean of Leola, AR, Lauren Denman of Lawton, 7 great grandchildren, Brittany Terrell and Tiffany Terrell of Vero Beach, FL, Mason Kleiber of Pekin, IL, Jayden Denman of Houston, TX and Dylan, Blake and Brooke Cline all of Lawton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a son Larry Murriel Jennings, 2 sisters, Virginia Dexter, Bobby Jean Biggs and a brother Donald Jennings.