- Born: June 13, 1949, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
- Died: May 1, 2026, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Thomas Eugene Wegley, known to our family as Uncle Tommy, was born on June 13, 1949, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He was the eldest child of Raymond Edward Wegley and Elsie Jane Hoag, who went on to raise four children together.
Tommy was part of the first generation of our direct Wegley family line to be born and raised in Oklahoma. His father, Raymond, had been born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1925 and served in the United States Navy during World War II before eventually settling with his family in Oklahoma.
Parents
Tommy’s father was Raymond Edward Wegley, born December 15, 1925, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and died December 4, 1992, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. His mother was Elsie Jane Hoag, born June 22, 1927, and died April 26, 2018.
Raymond and Elsie married on June 5, 1948, in Pennsylvania. Tommy was born a little more than a year later, followed by his siblings Karen Marie, Raymond Junior, and Robert Thomas.
Marriage and Children
On November 24, 1975, Tommy married Margret Hinton in Brevard County, Florida. Together they had two sons:
- Thomas Eugene Wegley Jr., born 1976
- James Ray Wegley, born 1979
Through his sons, Tommy continued the Wegley family line, traceable through generations from Pennsylvania to Arkansas and eventually Oklahoma.
Death
Thomas Eugene Wegley died on May 1, 2026, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 76. His death marked the passing of the eldest of Raymond and Elsie Wegley’s four children.
For me, this page is also more personal than many of the older genealogical entries on this website because Tommy was not simply an ancestor whose life I have reconstructed through historical records. He was my uncle, someone whose lifetime overlapped my own and whose story belongs to the living memory of our family.
Continuing His Story
This biography is still a work in progress. Now that Uncle Tommy has passed away, I am continuing to gather photographs, records, memories, stories, and other details that can help preserve a fuller account of his life for future generations.
As additional information becomes available, I will continue expanding this page. My goal is not simply to record his birth and death dates, but to preserve something of the person he was and the place he held within our family.