Richard Lee McComas, 90, left this world to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

The family is holding a private service with Pastor Sean Cho, First United Methodist Church, Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Richard was born in Oklahoma City on May 16, 1933, to Eugene and Clara McComas. He graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1952. After graduation, he served in the US Air Force with an overseas tour in Germany. After serving in the military, Richard went to work for Sears part-time while attending college. He graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in Business and Psychology. During this time, Richard met Virginia Medbery on a blind date in the summer of 1956. They were married on August 31, 1956. After he graduated from UCO, he began working for Sears full-time. Richard and Virginia began building their life together, and they were blessed with their first son in February of 1958. Over the next ten years, their family would expand to five with the addition of two more sons. Richard came to Lawton in 1974 as a Sears store manager. He worked tirelessly at Sears for thirty years. After retiring from Sears, he went to work for Cameron University for the next twenty-five years as their first purchasing agent.

Richard is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Virginia McComas, along with their three sons and their families: Mark and Lisa McComas of Ardmore, Oklahoma; Steven McComas and Shauna Hedden of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and their granddaughter Candace; and John and Angela McComas of Lawton, Oklahoma and their children, Jaidyn and Sloan. He also has a cousin, Marilyn McComas, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Richard was preceded in death by his father and mother, Eugene and Clara, a brother, Martin Eugene McComas, and a sister, Mary McComas.