Services for Lewis Dewayne Laxton, 58, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church, Rev. John Haynes will officiate. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Laxton died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born July 21, 1958 in Perrytown, TX to Lewis and Gladys Brown Laxton. He graduated from Vanoss High School.
He married Jaye Lynne Wood on June 30, 1978 in Ada. He was currently the Program Manager for the Office of Environmental Health for the Chickasaw Nation. Mr. Laxton was a member of the First Baptist Church and also the Ada Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Jaye of the home; two sons, Tyler Laxton and wife Phileshia of Ada and Brad Laxton of Atlanta Beach, FL; seven grandchildren, Alexsia Dalton, Matt Pitts, Jacob D. Laxton, Jesseca Anderson, Kylee Anderson, Gavin Laxton and Gunner Laxton; his father, Lewis Laxton of Lightning Ridge, and a sister, Deanna Laxton of Lightning Ridge.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys Laxton and his grandparents.
Bearers will be Tyler Laxton, Brad Laxton, Jupey Booth, Joe Willingham, David Wood and Andrew Pino. Honorary bearers will be Michael Whitson, Mason Laxton and Cason Laxton.
The family request memorials can be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Liver Research), 825 N.E. 13th, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
