Sim Nathen Tawwater, Jr., passed away peacefully at his home in Midwest City on January 19, 2019. He was 97. Born April 25, 1921 in Quanah, Texas, he was the son of S. N. Tawwater, Sr. and Minnie Zee (Briscoe) Tawwater. Sim was an Army Air Corps and Air Force veteran. After his military service, he was a longtime civil servant with the Air Force, retiring from Tinker Air Force Base as Deputy Chief of Logistics. He had a distinguished career marked by numerous awards. But his family was his first love and he was blessed with a big one. Sim enjoyed woodworking, painting, remodeling his home, playing golf, cooking and watching sports, especially golf and OU football; and traveling the country visiting with friends and relatives.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife of 57 years, Norma Ruth (Guy) Tawwater to whom he was devoted and on whom he doted; a son, Michael Guy Tawwater, who during his short life filled the family with great joy; and by his six siblings.
Survivors include a son, Larry and his wife Melanie Tawwater of Edmond, Oklahoma; his grandsons, Darren Tawwater and Ryan Tawwater, both of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; his great-grandsons, Ben Tawwater, Graham Tawwater, and Zach Tawwater, all of Oklahoma City; his sister, Betty and her husband Vernon Ellis of Quanah; sister-in-law, Ann Kathryn (Kat) Ferguson of Midwest City; brother-in-law, Virgil H. Guy, Jr. and his wife Jackie Dee Guy of Ft. Worth, Texas; his caregiver of many years, Cindy Naves and her family, who became part of Sim’s family; and many nieces, nephews and other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel, 8805 NE 23rd St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with burial to follow with Military Honors by a U. S. Air Force Honors Detail at Arlington Memory Gardens in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
