Funeral service for Therman French will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17, 2018, in First Baptist Church with Rev. Brad Carlisle and Dr. Patrick Latham officiating.

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

Therman French, age 82, Lawton, died Thursday, November 15, 2018 at his residence.  He was born May 26, 1936 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Blake Sherman and Florence French.  He grew up in Poteau and graduated high school.  He lived in Odessa, Texas for several years and married Nan Taylor on December 7, 1954 in Loveland, Texas.

The family moved to Lawton in the early 1960's and Therman worked for Nan's brothers in the construction business.  Therman had owned a used car lot, a mobile home park and an oil field business, French Oil.  He was a member of First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, of the home, two children, Blake French and his fiancé Shalli Young, Lawton, and Betsey McNeill and her husband Randy, Fort Worth, Texas; three grandchildren, Coleton, Spencer and Allyson McNeill; and his sister, Bonnie Knight, Odessa, Texas.

His parents and four brothers, Faye, Earl, Lee and Sherman French preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 501 SW B Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.