Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Clarence O. Hughes, 73, Lawton, will be 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Bill Schneider, Pastor officiating. Sergeant Hughes died Sunday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends from 5-7 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Sergeant Hughes was born March 22, 1937 in Marietta, Oklahoma, to Clarence A. and Beatrice (Goins) Hughes. He graduated high school in Marietta. He married Gisela E. Schuon on December 20, 1957 at Wertheim, Germany. Clarence joined the Army in April of 1955 and retired at Fort Sill on May 31, 1976. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and his awards include the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal with fourth award, National Defense Service Medal, Three Overseas Service Bars, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. Following his retirement from the Army he worked as a car salesman for Howard Smith Ford for fifteen years. He would later work for Don Gaskins until retirement. He was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church where he served as an elder. He is survived by his wife, of the home; four daughters and three sons in law, Linda J. and Wes Mashburn, Lawton, Carol A. and Don Conner, Augusta, Georgia, Susan M. Gillespie, Oklahoma City, and Annette D. and Russ Baum, Columbia, Tennessee; two sons and a daughter in law, Michael F. Hughes, Spring Valley, California, and David K. and Julie Hughes, Hutcheson, Kansas; 14 grandchildren, Brandon Mashburn, Ryan, Riley and Rori Rios, Heath, Tyler and Ariel Gillespie, Shakinah, Serenity and Stream Baum, Kort Hughes and Crystal, Matthew and Paul; a great granddaughter, Autumn; two brothers, David and Jimmy Hughes, both of Fort Smith, Arkansas; three sisters, Wanda Kerry and Viola Abshire, both of Texas, and Bessie Oxford, Enid, Oklahoma. His parents and a grandson, Patrick Mashburn, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 102 SW 7th Street, Lawton OK 73501.