Funeral services for Thomas Russell Chapman, 68, Lawton, will be 2:00 pm Thursday in Centenary United Methodist Church with Rev. Phil Jones officiating. Mr. Chapman died Sunday in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Tom was born November 7, 1942 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Tom Robert and Helen Eleanor (Gill) Chapman. He attended Whittier Elementary School, Central Junior High School, Tomlinson Junior High School and graduated from Lawton High School in 1961. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Architecture Engineering. He married Linda Ann Kemp in Cushing, Oklahoma on June 17, 1967. Tom attended the U.S. Army 9th Engineer Officer Basic Course at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia in 1968. From 1969 to 1970 Tom was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 25th Infantry Division, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion at Tay Ninh City and Cu Chi, South Vietnam. He received 3 Bronze stars - 1 for Valor, 2 for achievement and one Army Commendation Medal. Tom worked for Ted Horton, AIA, Chapman Construction Company and was owner of T.R. Chapman Company. From 1990 - 2007 he was the Assistant Director of Physical Facilities at Cameron University. After retiring from Cameron University, he worked on Ft. Sill for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Construction Project Architect. Tom designed and/or built many structures in Lawton and the surrounding areas. Some are the 1st big addition to the Goodyear Plant, Carnegie Library Renovation to the Town Hall, St. Paul's United Methodist Church renovation and addition, Comanche County Courthouse, City National Bank, Red River Vo-Tech Facility in Duncan, Cameron University Warehouse, Burch Hall Basement offices, Burch Hall and Howell Hall ADA elevator installations, CR Industries Plant in Hobart, MacArthur Junior High School, Almor West, Carriage Hills and Crosby Park elementary schools, and many projects for Ft. Sill Post Engineers and Altus Air Force Base. Tom's most recent projects that he was most proud of was the Patriot General Instruction Facility Project and the Stinger/Avenger and C4-1 General Instructional Facilities Project on Ft. Sill. Tom is a member of Kappa Alpha Order, is a Licensed Architect of Oklahoma, Breakfast Optimist Club and Centenary United Methodist Church. He has been a volunteer for safety many years at the Arts for All Festival, volunteer technical crew for Lawton Community Theatre and was awarded in 1999 the Volunteer of the Year Award from the Arts for All Festival. He is a member of the Southwest Genealogical Society and a board member of the Great Plains Museum. Tom, as an avid genealogist, wrote a dedication of his family history to his children, Robb and Libby, so they may know their families and traditions. It read: When the flag touches the ground may they or their children reach out and raise that banner and continue the charge, carrying it forward for future generations of our families. Tom held family and friends as the most important things in his life. Tom is survived by his wife Linda of 44 years, a son, T. Robert Chapman, Irving, Texas; a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Doug Garone, Edmond, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Nathan Garone, Erica Garone and Laurel Garone, all of Edmond, Oklahoma; cousins, Carolyn Pingry, Lawton, Jim Thomas, Chickasha, Richard Chapman, Pauls Valley and Russell Gill, Hilliard, Ohio; and a host of relatives and friends. A brother, John Robert Chapman preceded in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Chancel Choir or Capital Campaigns of Centenary United Methodist Church; 704 SW D Avenue; Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.