Funeral service for SSG (Retired) Eugene Albea will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, January 3, 2025, at Olivet Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Gresham, Pastor officiating.

Services are under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery Elgin, Oklahoma.

SSG (Retired) Eugene Albea, 75, Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Friday, December 20, 2024, in Lawton surrounded by his family.  He was born on January 19, 1949, in Dyer, Tennessee to Wilvin and Mozell (Simpson) Albea.

Eugene was a beloved husband and father known to friends and the community as Albea and to close family Blue. He served in the military and once retired met and married his wife and became more than just a stepdad. He stepped in and became a dad to 3 young kids and an amazing dad he was. He loved all his grandkids and spent as much time with them as he could and always checked on them. He worked for Miller Beer for many years until he retired from there and in his free time, he would always keep a crossword puzzle near and liked to watch his old shows, Sanford and Son was his favorite. He volunteered at the VA and helped them with community work, and it kept him very busy and active, and he made good friends.

He was our daddy, our papa, our backbone and he will be greatly missed.

Survivors include his three children, Natalie, Randy and Jessie Reed all of Lawton, Oklahoma, ten grandchildren, Aaliyah, Isaiah, Jasmine, Shauntoris, Brooklyn, Aniecea, Arianna, Ariella, Jessie, Jr., and Anthony, two great grandchildren, Abrielle and Emmett, four brothers and four sisters.

Eugene was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one brother and six sisters.