Graveside funeral service for SGM (Retired) James Earl Hill, 80, Lawton, will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2015, in the Fort Sill National Cemetery. Sergeant Hill died April 22, 2015, in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. He was born December 17, 1934 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to John William and Muriel Frances (Johnson) Hill. He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of Vietnam, retiring at Fort Sill on March 31, 1980. He was a member of Mt. Scott Masonic Lodge #540. His wife, Anna Rosalie Hill, preceded him in death on April 1, 2015.