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Crook

Sep 15, 1927 — Jul 13, 2011

Obituary

Funeral services for Raymond Crook, 83, Lawton, will be 10:00 am Monday in the Sullivan Village Church of Christ with Rodger Schwenn, Minister, officiating. Mr. Crook died Wednesday in a Lawton care center. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born September 15, 1927 in Lawton to Jess C. and Nelle M. (Willis) Crook. He grew up in Lawton and was a graduate of Lawton High School. He graduated from Cameron College in 1949 and also attended the University of Oklahoma. He married Mary M. Clark on March 15, 1952 in Hobart, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on August 11, 1998. He later married Faye Owensby on October 9, 1999 in Lawton. Mr. Crook served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 until 1947. He worked for Bill Johnson at Southwestern Radio from 1951 until 1953 and in 1953 he started his own business, "Crook T.V. Service", which he operated until his retirement in 1994. He had attended the 6th & Arlington Church of Christ from 1927 until 1967 and served as a deacon there. He had attended the Sullivan Village Church of Christ since 1968 and had served as an elder from 1970-1971 and again from 1995 until the time of his death. He had also served as a deacon in the church. He was active in the Lawton Rotary Club in the 1960's. He is survived by his wife of the home; a daughter, Lynn Crook, Lawton; two sons, Steve Crook, Lexington, Texas and Jeff Crook and wife Darlynn, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, John "J.T." Thomas Crook and his wife Genie, Camp Pendleton, California, Mary Hegefeld and husband Lance, Austin, Texas, Elizabeth Ann Boettcher and husband Craig, Charles C. Frazier and Andrew Mullen all of Lexington, Texas; six great grandchildren, Conner Crook, Riley Crook, Annabelle Crook, Kayla Boettcher, Lauren Boettcher and Madalyne Boettcher; and two stepchildren and their spouses, Mike and Mary Owensby, Lawton and Janice and Don King, Fort Worth, Texas.* He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Clairece Wilkerson.

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