Age 89, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday at First Baptist West with Rev. Jamie Powell, Pastor, officiating. Mr. Kennard died Thursday at his home in Lawton. Burial with full Air Force Honors will be at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6-8 pm at the funeral home. He was born August 10, 1919 in Lawton to William E. Sr. and Lyda May (Wallace) Kennard. He was educated in Lawton where he graduated from Lawton High School after playing on the football team for 3 years. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served in World War II. He married Ruth A. Peard on May 13, 1944 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. She died May 31, 1998. He was discharged in 1945, but he reenlisted in the newly formed Air Force in 1946. He was stationed in Korea at the Kimpo Air Force Base in 1952. They were stationed at Sculthorpe Air Base in Norfolk County on the North coast of England where their fourth child was born. He retired in 1962 at Altus, and they established their home in Lawton. He worked as an instructor for Civil Service until his retirement in 1970. He was a 32nd degree mason and was a charter member and deacon at First Baptist West. Survivors include 3 sons and 2 daughters-in-law, Sammie Kennard of Lawton, William E. "Bill" Kennard III and Karen of Cache, James Kyle "Bo" Kennard and Maggie of Lawton; a daughter, Karen Kay McCarter of Lawton; 7 grandchildren, David L. and wife Denise Kennard of Huntington Beach, California, Shawn Kennard, Kelley Kennard, William E. "Billy" Kennard IV and his wife Beth, Laura and her husband Emory Fair, Kristi M. and her husband Tim Phillpott and Sherry L.Kennard all of Lawton and thirteen great grandchildren. His wife, parents, sister and brother-in-law, Euna May and C.N. "Dick" Allison, their daughter, Norma Carol Leek and a great grandson, Cody May preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, PO Box 2074, Lawton, OK 73502.