Earnest Junior Tignor was born June 18, 1924 in Erick, Oklahoma to Frankie Wilma and Elzie Jackson Tignor and died Monday in the Great Plains Regional Medical Center of Elk City at the age of 72.

Junior grew up in the Sweetwater and Mayfield communities where he attended Sweetwater School before entering the U.S. Army. He served with the 6th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army and saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. After his discharge, he returned to the Sweetwater area. Junior married Charlotte Garret on May 14, 1946 in Wellington, Texas and they made the Sweetwater and Erick communities their home.

He was an Army veteran of World War II.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Graveside services will be 1030 a.m., Thursday at the Erick Cemetery officiated by Charlie Floyd. Arrangements are under the direction of Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home.

Survivors include: his wife, Charlotte of the home, three daughters, Carolyn Van Ausdall of Granite, Oklahoma, Patricia Daniels of Erick, Janis Nunn of Bellvue, Texas; one son, Earl James Tignor of Chickasha; two sisters, Lora Copeland of Elk City, Earma Pyle of Pampa, Texas, one brother, Alton Tignor of Sweetwater, nine grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.

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