Graveside service with full military honors for TSgt (Retired) Eugene Johnny Lee will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the Grandfield Cemetery, Grandfield, Oklahoma with the Rev. Gerald Hagberg of Burkburnett, Texas officiating

Services are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

TSgt (Retired) Eugene Johnny Lee, 82, Lawton passed away Friday, September 14, 2018 at the Lawton-Fort Sill Veterans Center. Eugene was born March 13, 1936 in Grandfield to Thomas Newton and Edna Faye (Howell) Lee. Eugene Johnny Lee, known to his friends as Johnny, was born in Grandfield or as he liked to tell people that he was born in a field in the country but they all just called it Grandfield. Johnny joined the US Navy on his 17 ^th birthday but after 46 months and 7 days of traveling the world on the U.S.S. Halsey Powell as a Commissaryman 3 ^rd class he joined the US Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. Johnny loved cars and one of his favorite memories that he shared was the time he crashed his 47' Buick off a mountain in Tripoli and walked away from it. He loved sharing stories about working with friends around the world in the military and at Sheppard Air Force Base Transit Alert for Dynacorp. After he retired he enjoyed his antique car collection and attending car auctions with friends. He could often be found at Leo's Country Kitchen, Big Chef and traveling to Medicine Park and the Wichita Mountains.

Eugene is survived by his two sons, Brian Lee and wife Mary Beth of Fort Worth, Texas, Rob Lee and wife Melanie of Abilene, Texas, three grandchildren, Katie Lee, Joshua Lee and Emma Lynn Lee, a great granddaughter, Olivia Rodriguez, nephews, Richard Hutson and Harlan Ross and a cousin, Lonny Lee and many other nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Eugene was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Wilma Vann and Pauline Cops.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton-Fort Sill Veterans Center, 501 SE Flower Mound Road, Lawton, OK 73501 or to the American Cancer Society, 6525 N Meridian Ave. #110, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 or to www.cancer.org .