Graveside services for Terry Joseph Kitchens will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, Ok.

Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Rabon Funeral Home.

Terry Joseph Kitchens, 71, of Ft. Worth, Texas, passed away unexpectedly at his home on December 21, 2016.  Terry was born in Tyler, Texas to Allen Elwood Kitchens Jr. and Edith Charlene Cotner Kitchens on February 10, 1945.

Terry grew up in Lawton, OK, and was a 1963 graduate of St. Mary's Catholic School. He studied Economics at the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Southwest Oklahoma State University. In 1968, he entered the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged as Staff Sergeant in 1973 from the 313 Avionics Maintenance Squadron at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, KS.

Soon after, Terry relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, with his family where he worked at Hudiburg Chevrolet. In 1981, he moved to Ft. Worth, Texas, where he worked for General Dynamics and later Lockheed Martin. He retired in 2007 from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as an Aircraft Maintenance Support Engineer.

Terry was an avid fan of the University of Oklahoma and the Texas Rangers. He played banjo and was "dad" for several English Bulldogs over the years including the most recent who he named Boomer after his beloved OU Sooners. Terry was extremely proud of his children and grandchildren and was frequently seen boasting about their accomplishment to friends.

He is survived by his two children and their spouses, Beverly Ann Kitchens Crowell and Thomas Christopher Crowell of Merritt Island, FL, and Terry Joseph Kitchens II and Cheryl Lynn Sparkman Kitchens of Oklahoma City, OK; three grandchildren, Jacob Richard Crowell and Rebecca Annmarie Crowell of Merritt Island, FL, and Makenzie Lynn Kitchens of Oklahoma City, OK; former wife Dianne Marie Jackson of Cocoa Beach, Florida; half-sister Pamela Jean Kitchens Swick and half-brother Sean Allen Kitchens; aunt and uncle, Bobby and Jess Fink of Ada, OK; and numerous cousins.

He is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents and two uncles.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Catholic School at 611 SW A Ave., Lawton, OK, 73501.