Funeral service for Wayne Burk will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 20, 2017 in Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Cliff Gravitt officiating.

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

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

Everett Wayne Burk, age 86, Lawton, died Monday, January 17, 2017 at his residence.  He was born December 15, 1930 in Lawton to John Everett Spangler Burk and Della Lou (Brammer) Burk.  He grew up in Lawton and attended elementary school at Victory School and was a graduate of Lawton High School.  He later attended Cameron College and the University of Oklahoma in the 1950's and later continued his education taking night classes at Cameron University in the 1970's.  Wayne married Joy F. Bowman Jennings on November 21, 1970 at Centenary United Methodist Church in Lawton.

Wayne served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957 and then began a 31 ½ year career as a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.  Following his retirement he worked for a short time with Gene Burk Auto Glass and then for about ten years worked with Southwest Mailing Service.

Wayne was a charter member of Northside Baptist Church where he had sung in the choir, taught 4 & 5 year olds, taught "Children's Church" and played the piano and old pump organ.  He was also a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers.  Wayne loved Southern Gospel music and had attended many concerts in this area and over the southern states with family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; three sons, Steven Matthew Jennings, Mesquite, Texas, Scott David Jennings, Hico, Texas and Jessie Wayne Burk, Lawton; four grandchildren, Morgan and Weston Burk and Ryleigh and Hunter Scarfone.

His parents, three children, Debora Ann Burk Labhart, Gary Wayne Burk and Mark Lewis Jennings, and his daughter-in-law, Dianne Jennings, preceded him in death.