Age 69, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 12:30pm Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Randy Shorter, Pastor of Bethel Assembly of God, Lawton officiating. Sergeant Addington died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma. *** The Family Will Greet Friends Monday Evening At The Funeral Home From 7pm Until 9pm. *** He was born August 1, 1940 in Dante, Virginia to Con D. and Bessie Mae (James) Addington. He graduated from Castlewood High School in 1959. He enlisted in the US Army in October of 1959 and did his basic training at Fort Gordon, South Carolina. He was stationed in Hawaii and left the Army in January of 1962. He went back to Virginia and worked for American Furniture Factory in Martinsville. He married Louise Lawson on June 22, 1963 in Dante, Virginia. He re-entered the Army in 1967 and served in Vietnam and Korea, with duty stations at Fort Hood, Texas, Washington D.C., Fort Lewis, Washington, Fort Ord, California, Baumholder, Germany and then Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he retired on April 1, 1985 after twenty-plus years of service. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with five Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Two Overseas Service Bars, Good Conduct Medal-6, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon-1, Sharpshooter (Rifle-M-16), and the Army Commendation Medal. After his retirement from the Army he worked for Northrop-ITT Services at Fort Sill as a Supply Tech from 1987 until he retired from D.O.L. in January of 2002. He was an avid fisherman, loved spending time with his family and grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Louise of the home, two sons, Ron Addington and Billy R. Addington, Jr., both of Lawton, three brothers, Conley Addington and his wife Florence of Maple City, Michigan, Eugene Addington and his wife Marie of Dante, Virginia, Johnnie Addington of Dante, Virginia, sister-in-law Vivian Addington of Hooks, TX, eight grandchildren, Ron Addington, Jr., Leigha Addington, Johnathon Addington, Joshua Nickell, Abel Hernandez, Raymond Hernandez, Patricha Melvin, Samantha Siaca all of Lawton. Three great grandchildren, Maleigha Addington, Ayden Hernandez, Isaiah Martin, Jr., and many nephews, nieces and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, James McNeil, Charles Everett, Dewey and Richard, and two sisters, Virginia and Mildred.