Memorial service for former Lawton, Oklahoma, resident, Jerry D. Churchwell, 60, of Trophy Club, Texas, will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 25, 2007, at the First Christian Church of Lawton, Oklahoma with the Rev. Kim Hames, pastor, officiating. Mr. Churchwell died on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in Grapevine, Texas. Service is under the direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. He was born on September 30, 1946, in Tulare, California, to Gordon and Trudy Churchwell. He graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1965 and from Cameron University in 1972 with a Bachelors of Science Degree. He worked for Frontier Airlines form 1972 until 1979 in Denver, Colorado. He owned and operated Pools, Etc. in Lawton from 1980 until 1990. He then was a pool designer and builder in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from 1990 until present. He married Deborah Hald on August 20, 1966 in Lawton. Survivors include his wife, Deborah (Hald) Churchwell of the home; his mother, Trudy Wonder of Concord California; a son, Lance Churchwell and his wife, Lisa, of Edmond, Oklahoma; a daughter, Alicia Churchwell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; a sister, Phyllis Opie and her husband, Richard, of Concord, California; three grandchildren, Sydney, Chloe, and Presley Churchwell; aunt, Jean Smith of Lawton, Oklahoma; and cousins, Randy, Terri, and Natalie Smith of Lawton, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Churchwell, and uncle, Bill Smith. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead, Suite D, Lawton, OK 73505, or to a charity of the donors’ choice. The Family would like to invite everyone to a reception following the service at Mike’s Sports Grill, 517 E Gore, Lawton. -http://grayfuneral.com/PastObituary.aspx?did=6907db26-a22c-46f0-8e0e-269458325f86 (9/4/07)