Age 83, Lawton - Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Brother Gary Neighbors, officiating. Sergeant Major Vaden died Sunday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Veterans Field of Honor at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was born December 3, 1925 in Dyer County, Tennessee, to Thomas Falls and Bertha Lucinda (Mahon) Vaden. He grew up in Tennessee and worked as a truck driver prior to entering the U.S. Army in June of 1954. He retired at Fort Sill on June 30, 1982 and was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Four Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vehicle Drivers Badge with Silver Bar, Mechanic Badge, Good Conduct Medal Ninth Award, Two Overseas Service Bars, Army Commendation Medal, Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon First Award. Following his retirement he worked at J & J Convenience Store for a short time. He married Bobbie Bernice Massengill on November 6, 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee. She preceded him in death on January 5, 2005. He was a Methodist. He is survived by two daughters and a son in law, Paula J. and Kelly Jones and Carla B. Vaden, all of Lawton; two sons and daughters in law, Robert Wayne and Cindy Vaden, Elgin, and Gary A. and Sophie Vaden, Cache; 11 Grandchildren, Jamie Adams and husband David Holt, Kindra Harrington and husband Keith, Nicholas Nicholls, Karah Franklin and husband Quentin, Jessica Goodfellow, Katie Jones, Nicole Vaden, Grant Vaden, Heath Vaden, Emily Vaden and Hannah Vaden; a sister, Mary Ethel Williams, Bay, Arkansas; two great grandchildren, Anabel and Zachary; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, three brothers and six sisters, preceded him in death.