Memorial service with full military honors for SFC (Retired) Timothy Edwin Samuels will be 1:00 pm, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Timothy Edwin Samuels, 61, Lawton passed away August 9, 2016 at his home in Lawton.  He was born November 15, 1954 in Plymouth, IN to Tommie Edwin and Dorothy Olive (Thomas) Samuels.  He enlisted in the US Army in 1972 and served twenty years, retiring as a Sergeant First Class.  He did his enlisted training at Fort Polk, LA, and had duty stations at Fort Bliss, Fort Hood, Germany, Fort Lewis, Schofield Barracks, HI and Fort Sill.  He proudly served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  His numerous awards include the Army Commendation Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal  with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal-6th Award, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon-3, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon-5, Expert Badge-Rifle, National Defense Service Medal with 1 Service Star, Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars and the Kuwait Liberation Medal.

Survivors include his two children, MAJ Kevin A. Samuels, wife Katie and children Kyle and Keagan of Havlock, NC, and Sharie Samuels and her son Sean of Estancia, NM, his mother Dorothy Thomas of Plymouth, IN, numerous siblings, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father Tommie Edwin Samuels.