Funeral service for Thomas Mack Coggins will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in the Fellowship Center at Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Monday at the funeral home.

Thomas Mack Coggins, age 84, Lawton, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in Lawton.  He was born January 24, 1932 in Sampson County, South Carolina.  He grew up in North Carolina and Virginia and at a young age went to work.  He worked on a fishing boat and for Civil Service in a shipyard before being drafted into the Army in 1952.  He married Gwen Dale Goodwin on October 2, 1953 in Lawton.

Following his discharge from the army in 1954 he returned to his job in the shipyard and soon moved to Oklahoma and began a long career with Civil Service at Fort Sill.  He and his wife enjoyed traveling and served as camp hosts in Colorado for many years.  He enjoyed making and selling candy, especially peanut brittle, and was affectionately known as the "Candy Man".  He was a member of Cameron Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Teresa Johnson and husband Rick, Corinth, Texas, and Karen Griswold, San Juan Capistrano, California; four grandchildren, Mason Coggins, Jacob Griswold, Danielle Muir and husband Rowan, and Jonathan Griswold; a brother, Charles Coggins, Florida; numerous nieces and nephews.

His son, Brian M. Coggins, a brother, Wallace, and three sisters, Mary, Pat and Cleo, preceded him in death.