ROOSTER OWINGS
Services for Leslie Carl "Rooster" Owings, 44, of 
Anadarko will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 
the Steverson Funeral Chapel in Anadarko.
Visitation will be until 9 o'clock tonight and until 
service time Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Owings was born Jan. 17, 1961 in Oklahoma City to 
George Alfred and Mattie Marie (Haynes) Owings and 
passed from this life Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006 at his home 
in Anadarko.
He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, 
Mollie and George Haynes and George E. and Mary 
Owings; his '2nd Mom,' Bessie Tallent; his brother-in-
law, Steve Nation; uncles, Ted Lee Owings, John 
Owings, Bill Haynes and Elmer Haynes, and his aunts, 
Barbara Drake, Lula Shelton and Noble Samples.
Except for a few years when he went to Central Union 
Elementary in Lemoore, Calif., he was a lifetime 
resident of Anadarko and attended Anadarko schools.
He graduated from Anadarko High School with the Class 
of 1980. He learned the welding trade in his FFA 
class.
His first job was with Roger's Tire Service. He did 
farm work for several area farmers and for the next 18 
years he worked for Lee's Muffler Shop. He then worked 
for Don Rider, Rex Bottom, and Hollytex, and was 
working back at Roger's Tire Service until his 
illness.
Mr. Owings enjoyed motorcycles, hot rods, hunting, 
fishing, and searching for mushrooms, and arrowheads.
His daughter, Misty Dawn, was the light of his life.
Survivors include Laurie Carter Owings of the home; 
one daughter, Misty Dawn Owings of Gracemont; one son, 
Sean Carter of the home; one brother, Melvin Owings 
and his wife, Linda, of Anadarko; two sisters, Linda 
Survance of Arizona, and Carol Nation of Anadarko; his 
mother, Marie Owings of Anadarko; three aunts, Fannie 
Nance of Asher, and LuAnn Robertson and Betty Welch, 
both of Anadarko; a nephew, James Survance of Hawaii; 
a niece, Benny Larue Carter of Anadarko; many other 
relatives and a wide circle of loving and caring 
friends.
Burial will be in Anadarko's Memory Lane Cemetery 
under the direction of Steverson Funeral Home.
The family has requested that, instead of flowers, 
donations be made to help with expenses. These may be 
left at the funeral home and addressed to the family.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail to 
steversonfuneralhome@netride.net.