Funeral service for SSG (Retired) Sammie Swain, III will be 11:30 A.M. Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Paul Craig officiating.

Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.

The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page.

SSG (Retired) Sammie Swain, III, age 57, beloved son of Annie Neil Blount and Sammie Swain, Jr. was born March 2, 1964 in Seattle, Washington. He passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 in Lawton. Sammie lived a fulfilling life. He joined the military in February 1984, where he served 20 years and then retired. He was the non commissioned officer of the year in 1997. He received the Sergeant Audie Murphy Award and was inducted into the Order of Saint Barbara. He married the love of his life, Cynthia Clayton on January 10, 1986 and shared 36 years together. They have four children, Tonia, Steven Patrick and Raven Swain. Sammie touched the lives of many people with his energetic personality and smile. He will be greatly missed.

Those left to cherish his loving memory are his wife, Cynthia Swain, children and their spouses, Isaac and Tonia Teigen, Steven Swain, Patrick Swain, Reven and Chad Simmons, sister, Annie Everett of Florida, brother, Michael Bailey of Florida, grandchildren, Clayton Teigen, Arden Teigen, Maddox Teigen, Valon Swain, Ava Simmons and Quinetta Simmons, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and a host of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.