Rand Winters Ozier
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Rand Winters Ozier made the inevitable jump to another reality
after dancing for almost seventy years with the always fatal
condition called human life. He was born to his parents Whit and
Mary Virginia Ozier on January 3, 1952. He lived in
Lawton until he graduated from Lawton High School in
1970. After that, he attended numerous universities
including the University of Florida; Cameron University;
the University of Oklahoma; Fresno City College; and
the University of Utah, but never got a degree because
he just couldn't decide what he wanted to be when he
grew up. The truth is that he never wanted to be a
grown-up.
In 1977, Rand hitchhiked solo from Fresno, California, to
Nova Scotia, and then back to Oklahoma over a period
of about seven months. In 1978, he helped organize the
Lawton chapter of the Sunbelt Alliance, a group that
protested the proposed building of a nuclear power
plant in Inola, Oklahoma. He and 12 others, known as the Halloween
13, were arrested for chaining themselves to earth
moving equipment at the site and spent a few days in
the Rogers County jail. The plant was never built.
Rand spent the next few years as a tour guide for
TrekAmerica, a company that offered foreign tourists
a cheap way to tour the United States. He lived in Park City, Utah,
for four years, employed by Park City Transportation. He later worked at The Trails Golf Club in Norman;
Horseshoe Bay Resort in Marble Falls, Texas; Hummingbird
Golf Course in Cache; and worked for the City of Cache
Public Works Department until 2014.
After his mother died, Rand moved to Holiday Island,
Arkansas, then moved to a house outside of Eureka
Springs, where he lived until his transcendence. He
sometimes referred to himself as "A borderline recluse
whose forte was getting along with people."
He was preceded in death by everyone who died before
him, and is survived by everyone who is still alive, including
his brother Lance and wife Linda of Corrales, New Mexico; his
nephews Owen Ozier and Drew Ozier; and numerous
cousins.
As Rand would say, "I had a lot of fun! In fact, I had the
time of my life!" "Create a nice day!" "Peace."
A memorial video celebrating Rand's life as a human can be
seen at: https://www.todosjuntosphotography.com/Other/Rand-Ozier-Memorial-Video-Final/n-fZLL2t/