Obit of Briggs, Gordon C. - Comanche County, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Gene Phillips <okarchives@comcast.net> 12 Mar 2006
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::Sunset Memorial Gardens--Lawton OK
Lawton Constitution 3 Sep 2002
Gordon C. Briggs
Funeral for Gordon C. Briggs, 80, Lawton, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at
Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home Chapel with Lamondo Jenkins officiating.
Mr. Briggs died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002, at his home. Burial will be at
Sunset Memorial Gardens in the Veterans Field of Honor.
He was born Sept. 5, 1921, in Byers, Texas, to Effie Eula Roberts and
Orman Briggs. The family moved to Oklahoma to the Pecan Community,
southeast of Mountain View, in 1923, where he attended elementary school.
He graduated from Sedan High School in 1939. He married Lois "Loie" Evelyn
Schouboe on May 17, 1941, in Carnegie. He was drafted into the Army on
July 30, 1945, in Hobart. He was a veteran of World War II and was
honorably discharged on Dec. 24, 1945, at Camp Chaffee, Ark. He was a
farmer until he retired in 1972 and moved to Lawton.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Gary
S. and Charlotte Briggs, Bremerton, Wash.; a daughte and son-in-lawr, Neta
J. and Mike Millwee, Lawton; four grandchildren: Kevin Briggs, Washington;
Terry Franck, California; Todd Millwee, Cache; and Leeca Jenkins and her
husband Lamondo, Tulsa; three sisters: Dafne Sloan and Della Madden, both
of Mountain View; and Donna Mae Fox, Frankston, Texas; four great-
grandchildren; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Otis Briggs and
Tony Briggs; and a sister, Inez Zimmerman. Memorial contributions may be
made to the Hospice of Lawton Area, P.O. Box 2074, Lawton, Okla. 73502; or
to Cleo Craig Memorial Research, P.O. Box 489, Lawton, Okla. 73502.
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