Funeral service for Zearl T. Harmon, 91, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Central Baptist Church with Brad Allen and Dr. Keith Miles, Pastor officiating. Mr. Harmon died July 2, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Burial with military honors will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Fairmount Cemetery, Hollis, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born October 5, 1920 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He attended elementary and high school at Arnett in Harmon County. He attended Southwestern State University on a basketball scholarship and received his bachelor's degree in science and social studies and earned his master's degree from West Texas University in Canyon, Texas. He married Ellen M. Hundley on June 21, 1940 at Mangum, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on March 18, 2008. He was a veteran of World War II and served with the 45th Infantry Division in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France and Germany. Mr. Harmon taught school in Harmon and Jackson counties, serving as basketball and baseball coach and high school principal before coming to Lawton in 1954. He then taught science at Central Junior High School, served as Principal at Roosevelt Elementary School, Assistant Principal and Principal at Central Junior High School was Assistant Superintendent of Lawton Public Schools when he retired in 1983. He was a life member of the Oklahoma and National Education Associations, a member of the National Association of Personnel Administrators as well as many other local, state and national organizations. He was a member and deacon of Central Baptist Church and served as Sunday school teacher and department director for many years. He is survived by a son and daughter in law, Rick and Susan Harmon, Aurora, Colorado; two grandchildren, Scott Harmon, Parker, Colorado, and Taryn Petersen and husband Matt, Aurora, Colorado; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Lillie Harmon, and a brother, Farney Harmon.