Tommy Joe Wheeler, 87, of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on August 19, 2019. He was born on June 6, 1932 on of Packard Ranch in Oklahoma to Walter and Sue (McCullar) Wheeler. He graduated from Roland High School. Tommy worked as a maintenance foreman for Garrison Furniture for 23 years and then he retired from Hickory Springs. He loved to fabricate, design, problem solve, weld and could fix anything. He built the first gooseneck horse trailer the Wheeler family owned. He honorably served as a U.S. Navy veteran and was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 54 years, Margaret Wheeler and a daughter, Amanda Louisa Wheeler.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00AM, Friday August 23, 2019 at Ocker-Putman Funeral Home Chapel of Fort Smith. The family will visit with friends following the service.
He is survived by his two daughters, Debbie Humphries and her husband Roy of Paris, AR and Mary Sue Johnson of Hackett, AR; a grandson, Rusty Joe Johnson and his wife Britany of Fort Smith and a great granddaughter, Makenzie Johnson.
Tommy loved the outdoors, elk, deer, and bear hunting, his Kubota side by side, John Deere tractor and brush hogging. He was a horse show, Dandy, 4H, master gardener chauffer for his girls.
Memorials may be made to the DAV, 12912 Tuscany Street, Fort Smith, AR 72916.