Funeral service for Reverend Gerald D. Green, Sr. will be 12:30 P.M. Friday, September 21, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim McGuire, associate pastor at First Baptist East officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.

Reverend Gerald D. Green, Sr. age 81, left this life and began his heavenly life on Monday, September 17, 2018. He was born in Pekin Illinois on April 21, 1937 and graduated from Pekin Community High School.

Reverend Green served in the United States Army for a period of twenty-two years, retiring as a First Sergeant. His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Republic of Vietnam Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with four stars, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, two Overseas Service Bars, Army Service Ribbon, 3`d award, Sharpshooter (M-14), Expert (M-16). He was employed by Civil Service and worked at Treasure Lake Job Corps as Assistant Warehouseman and Laundry Supervisor from 1988-1997. He served as Assistant Pastor of the Cornerstone Christian Church and served as the first Chaplain of the Veterans Center of Lawton for 5 years. He served on the Comanche Memorial Hospital and Southwestern Hospital Volunteer Chaplain Program for over 4 years. He served as a Hospice Chaplain for many years and was inducted into the Legion of Honor of the Four Chaplains in 1998.

He served as the Third Jr. Vice Commander of the Disabled American Veterans Sate of Oklahoma, Third District Commander and Chapter Commander of the Joe McCain Chapter 56 from 1988-1989. He served as Chaplain/Assistant Chaplain for Chapter 751 Vietnam Veterans for over 16 years. He also served as a member of the Human Rights Committee of Lawton, OK, and worked as a volunteer at Fort Sill Veteran's Out Patient Clinic. He was one of the original Transportation Drivers for the Disabled American

Veterans. He also worked as a Sentinel for the Lawton Police Department.

He is survived by his brother, Robert G. Green and his wife, Elsie, of Pekin, Illinois, his daughter, Trudy Rice and husband Zeldon, of Lawton, OK, his daughter Susan Ozuna and Husband Albert, of Lawton, OK, son Gerald "Butch" Green, Jr., and wife Michelle, of Ardmore, OK, his grandchildren, Kyle Hollander, Stephanie Peddycoart, Ursela Stevens, Ginger Blendheim, Bryan Pierce, Stephen Pierce, Tyler Pierce, Parker Green, Haleigh Walker, Amber Smith, Amanda Dinwiddie, Tyler Chester, Taylor Chester, Jackie Chester and Sam Harris, and 29 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his Step Father, Walter Atherton, his mother, Juanita Atherton, and his loving wife, Gertrud Green.