Death Notice: Mike Owensby

A memorial service for Mike Owensby, former general manager at The Lawton Constitution, will be held at 2 p.m. May 10 at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel, 1502 NW Fort Sill Blvd, in Lawton.

Owensby died last week at the age of 69.

Owensby was advertising director at The Constitution from 1988 to 1997, when he left to sell boats in Gainesville, Texas. He rejoined The Constitution in 2000 and served as general manager until his retirement in 2018, when the newspaper was sold to Southern Newspapers Inc. 

Owensby was born June 11, 1952, in Pauls Valley and graduated from Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. 

He began his newspaper career with the Times Record News in Wichita Falls in the advertising department. He later worked for the News Messenger in Marshall, Texas, and the Standard Times in San Angelo, Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Corrine; his son, Aaron Owensby; and daughter, Meagan Garibay; and three stepchildren: Heather Helm, Leeann Wheeler and Tanner Shaw.