Funeral for SFC (Retired) Paulus Leon Cash, 57, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Friday, March 21, 2014 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with full military honors. Sergeant Cash died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The family will greet friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Affectionately known as "Leon", he was born August 8, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois to Rufus Leon and Florence (Tillery) Cash. He enlisted in the Army in 1976 and earned the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (4th Award), Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal (6th Award), National Defense Service Medal. After his Army retirement he was employed as an instructor for Glacier Technologies. He married Linda Jean Harper on August 14, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. She died October 12, 1999 in Lawton. He then married Rosalyn Ware on July 22, 2002 in Forsyth, Missouri. Leon was more than a highly decorated soldier of war, he was a man of character and warmth. He never met a stranger. His family was most important to him. His heart was big and full of love, and his humor was unprecedented. If you knew him you loved him. Rest in peace Leon. He is survived by his wife Rosalyn Cash of the home; five children, Sherita L. Cash and her husband Nathaniel Hilton, Augusta, Georgia, Paulus L. Cash II and his wife Elicia, Lawton, Gregory L. Ware and his wife Benicia, McKinney, Texas, Raymond L. Ware and his wife Selena, Grand Prairie, Texas, and Maurice P. Butler, Sunnyvale, California; six grandchildren, Tre' A. Nichols, Te'a M. Ware, Jackson N. Hilton, Paulus L. Cash III, Lincoln N. Hilton and Raymond J. Ware; four siblings, Joseph Cash, Anna Cash Ghee PhD and her husband Kenneth Ghee PhD, Paul B. Cash and his wife Cheryl A. and Denise Cash and her husband Leo Long; and a host of nieces and nephews. His parents preceded him in death.