Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Nathan Hogan, Jr. will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 23, 2015 at Salt of the Earth Ministries, 2209 NW 25th Street. Burial with full military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Nathan Hogan, Jr. died Saturday, October 17, 2015 in Lawton. He was born to Nathan Hogan, Sr. and Annie Dell Outlaw on March 9, 1930 in Starkville, Mississippi. He grew up in Starkville, graduated high school and voluntarily entered the U.S. Army. He served in the Army for 23 years, retiring at Fort Sill on December 31, 1973. He was a Vietnam veteran and his awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal 4th award, Drill Sergeant ID Badge, Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Six Service Stripes, Good Conduct Medal with five loops and two overseas service bars. Following his retirement from the Army he worked for Halliburton in Duncan for ten years as well as working for the Comanche County Sheriff's department for several years. He was married to Vertis Marie Skinner and later married Donnie Hicks who preceded him in death on November 22, 2011. Nathan was a member of the Living Word Church of God in Christ and he loved to fish. Left to cherish his memory are five children, Rose Marie Sherman, Sallie Ann Hogan, Nathan Hogan, III, Ralph Hogan and Gary Hogan; 13 Grandchildren; 13 Great Grandchildren and one Great Great Granddaughter. His parents, two sons, Jackie Hogan and Patrick Jesse Hogan, a brother, Jessie Lee Hill, and a sister, Anna Lee Reed, preceded him in death.