Howard Harris Funeral Service

Funeral Services for Sergeant Major Retired Leo Guest, age 84, will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Greater Galilee Baptist Church, 1428 SW Jefferson Street, Lawton with Reverend Clanton, Drummond, officiating. Visitation will be 4 - 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Howard-Harris Funeral Services Chapel, 1005 SW "C" Avenue, Lawton. SGM retired Leo Guest, transitioned from this life on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Lawton. Burial with Military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of Howard-Harris Funeral Services. His awards include: Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with (1) Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation medal with (1) Oak...

Funeral Services for Lt. Col. retired Eugene DeLoach Sr., age 56, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Union Baptist Church, 1601 SW Charles Whitlow Ave., Lawton, with Rev. Willie J. Tiller Jr., pastor, officiating. Visitation will be until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2022 in the Chapel of Howard-Harris Funeral Services Chapel, 1005 SW "C" Ave., Lawton. Lt. Col. retired Eugene DeLoach, Sr., transitioned from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at Fort Sill. Burial with military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of Howard-Harris Funeral Services. Lt. Col. retired Eugene DeLoach, Sr. was born on Oct. 28, 1965 in Allendale, South...

Jimmie L. Davis was born to Willie and Mary Davis on January 19, 1925 in Laurel, Mississippi. He met and married Loretta McCowan in 1950 and the marriage was blessed with a family union totaling five children. He joined the U.S. Military at the age of seventeen where he continued his service through 1973. During this time, he endured World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After his military service he opened the "Davis and Son Automotive shop." He continued as the primary owner and operator through the age of 90. Jimmie Davis departed this life on Sunday, May 1, 2022 in Lawton, Oklahoma. His legacy lives on through his and five brothers and sisters, three children, six grandchildren, and five...

Albert Johnson Sr. Biography Albert Johnson Sr. was born at Taylor Hall on Fort Sill on August 27, 1927 and passed away on Monday, April 25th at home with his son and daughter-in-law by his side. He attended elementary and secondary school at Douglass School in Lawton, a segregated school. Following high school graduation in 1946, he attended Winston-Salem State Teachers College in North Carolina (now Winston Salem State University) to earn his Baccalaureate Degree in 1950. Subsequently, he received his teaching certification from Langston University in 1951. In 1959, he earned his Master's Degree in Education at the University of Oklahoma. He began his teaching career back at Douglass...

REFLECTION An overview of My Involvement in Education and My Philosophy and Greatest Educational Challenge By Albert Johnson, Sr. My professional education began in 1950 as a sixth-grade teacher in Lawton at Douglass, an all-black school. I was also the assistant football and basketball coach at the junior and senior high level. Along with my teaching and secondary coaching responsibilities, I coached in the city-wide recreational sports program. During the summer I worked with the YMCA day camp program as the director for African American students. Two evenings a week I opened the school for tutorial studies for elementary students in need of help in their studies. One evening a week,...

Funeral Services for Mr. Carey Walker, 73, Services is Wednesday April 6,2022 at 12 noon at Howard-Harris Funeral Services Lawton Chapel. Burial we be at Ft. Sill National Cemetery Elgin, Oklahoma.

Ms. Rosa'Zina Henderson, 16, Passed away March 9, 2022. Services Thursday March 31,2022 at 11:00 am at Another Chance Ministries Church.

Terron Huffman Sr. 75, Died Wednesday March 2, 2022. Memorial Services Sunday March 13, 20222 at 2:00 p.m. at Howard-Harris Funeral Services Chapel Lawton

Mr. Limon Jackson, 67, Services Thursday March 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Chickasha. Okla

Memorial Services Monday March 7, 2022 at 2:00 pm Union Baptist Church.