Funeral service for Thelmer L. Hutcheson will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2019 in Lawton First Assembly with Rev. Don Barnes, Pastor and Rev. Gary Pratt, Associate Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Walters Cemetery under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 6-8 p.m.

Thelmer L. Hutcheson was born December 1, 1938 in Walters, Oklahoma to Raymond O. and Geneva (Brooks) Hutcheson.  He died April 22, 2019 in Lawton at the age of 80.  He graduated high school in Carnegie and at the age of 18 began a career with Cotton Electric Cooperative.  He married Eugenia Hines on October 28, 1995 in Lawton.  She preceded him in death on November 19, 2014.

Thelmer was a member of Lawton First Assembly where he served as an usher and a greeter and participated in the jail ministry.  He was also involved with nursing home ministry and stitches.  He enjoyed playing music and was active in the senior center.  He had been a member of the Mt. Scott Kiwanis Club and the Good Sam Club.  He was also an avid gardener, often sharing the bounty of his harvest with others.

He is survived by three children, Debbie Tate and husband Danny, Lawton, Scott Hutcheson, Oklahoma City and Rodney Hutcheson and wife Sandra, Norman, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Amy Winfree and John, Jesse Ray Copeland and Chassie, Rosalyn Fraysur and Jarek and Karsten Hutcheson; great grandchildren, Annie Fraysur, Trista Ford, Troy Winfree, Gavin Copeland, Sawyer Copeland and Kade Copeland; and sisters, Seleta Mae Hutcheson and Naomi Cabug-Os.

His parents, a sister, Eulala Cook, and a brother, David Eugene Hutcheson, preceded him in death.