Mr. Nance died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, in Choctaw .  Burial will be at 11 a.m. at Fort Sill National Cemetery under direction Hodge Funeral Home of Fletcher.

He was born Jan. 2, 1945, to Violet Tracy Love and James Franklin Nance. He served in the Army. He married Patty Young on Nov. 27, 1963, at Fletcher First Baptist Church. They lived in the Lawton area before moving to Oklahoma City in 1977 and later to Choctaw . They operated Rod's Auto Repair Shop in Midwest City.

Survivors include his daughter, Leah Lawson; four grandchildren: Brandon Green, Sierra Green, Austin Green and Morgan Lawson; three brothers: Jimmy Lee Nance, Charles Nance, Bobby Nance and wife, Catherine; three sisters: Caroline Kitty Strange, Betty Osborne and Vickie Louthen and husband, Bobby; his mother-in-law, Ina Young; a sister-in-law, Debbie Perry; a brother-in-law, Lynn Young; numerous, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife in August 2005; parents; four brothers: Mickie, Eddie Don, Gail and Curtis; and father-in-law, Buford Young.

CHOCTAW Funeral for former Lawton and Fletcher area resident Patricia Ann "Patty" Nance , 56, Choctaw, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Fletcher First Baptist Church with the Rev. Rodney Campbell, pastor, officiating.

Mrs. Nance died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at a Midwest City hospital.  Burial will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under direction of Hodge Funeral Homes of Elgin and Fletcher.

She was born Nov. 2, 1948, in Lawton to Buford Arnold Young and Ina Pearl Smith Young. She grew up in the Cache, Indiahoma and Fletcher areas. She married Rodney Earl "Rod" Nance on Nov. 27, 1963, in Fletcher. They lived in the Lawton area until moving to Oklahoma City in 1977 and later to Choctaw. She and her husband operated Rod's Auto Repair Shop in Midwest City. She was a homemaker and a member of Fletcher First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, of the home, a daughter, Leah Lawson, Blackwell; her mother, Mustang; four grandchildren: Brandon Green, Sierra Green, Austin Green and Morgan Lawson; a sister, Debbie Perry, Yukon; a brother, Buford Lynn Young, Fletcher; an uncle, Wayne Young, Cache; two aunts: Katherine Bone, Lawton; and Ruby Harris, Walters; and many other family members and friends.