mayor of city of Tulsa 2 terms oilman 1966-1970
very hobbled in 2011 w pusherTulsa's oldest former mayor, Jim Hewgley Jr., dies at 94
Jim Hewgley Jr.: A Democrat until 1956, he was elected mayor as a Republican in 1966 and was the first Tulsa Republican mayor to be re-elected. By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer Published: 5/18/2011 2:26 AM Last Modified: 5/18/2011 5:11 AM
Jim Hewgley Jr., an independent oilman who served two terms as Tulsa's mayor from 1966 to 1970 and was the city's oldest surviving former mayor, died early Tuesday, family members said. He was 94.
A memorial service has been set for 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Episcopal Church under the direction of Moore's Rosewood Funeral Home. In Hewgley's first mayoral-election victory, he defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Maxwell, who was seeking a fifth consecutive term. Hewgley defeated Maxwell again in 1968. Hewgley had been a registered Democrat until 1956, when he changed to the GOP. He was the first Tulsa Republican mayor to be re-elected. Mayor Dewey Bartlett described Hewgley as "very caring" and said that "he had a terrific sense of humor that endeared him to everybody. Because of that, he had just a huge number of friends." "He was such a nice, nice man and meant so much to the development of our city," Bartlett said. Hewgley was the mayor when the city was governed by the Tulsa City Commission. Together with then-Streets Commissioner Robert LaFortune, who would follow Hewgley as mayor, "we had a lot of fun trying to see who could be the most conservative," Hewgley joked in a 2010 Tulsa World interview. "Seriously, though, we worked together well," he said. "There was no foolishness about it, and I think we did a good job for what was essentially a bunch of citizens." Shortly after Hewgley's election in 1966, the city doubled in area by annexing 100 square miles of county land. His son, Jim Hewgley III, a former Tulsa streets commissioner, said: "That immediately changed the focus of what he had to do. Suddenly you had to provide services, especially police and fire, to all these new citizens." To help do that, the city passed its first 1-cent sales tax under Hewgley. During his time as mayor, the city also introduced the Model Cities program and established the Tulsa Port of Catoosa following the passage of a $20 million bond issue to fund it. Hewgley also was instrumental in the start of the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority and the Tulsa Housing Authority, LaFortune said. "Jim always liked to get ideas from other people and implement the best ones that he recognized," LaFortune said. His biggest disappointment as mayor, Hewgley said, was his unsuccessful push to change the city's form of government from a city commission to a mayor-council form, although that change did later occur. After leaving city office, Hewgley ran in 1972 for Oklahoma's U.S. House District 1 seat but lost to James R. Jones. In one of his early forays into politics, he served in 1964 as Tulsa County campaign manager for U.S. Senate candidate and former University of Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson, who was a close friend. Bartlett said Hewgley and his parents were next-door neighbors and that he remembers his father, the late former Gov. and Sen. Dewey Bartlett Sr., and Hewgley "literally talking politics across the fence from each other. "They were good friends and supported each other throughout their political careers." Hewgley was named to the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1984. Born in 1916 in Gallatin, Tenn., James Marion Hewgley Jr. was the son of a drilling contractor who worked for famed oil wildcatter Tom Slick. The family moved to Tulsa in the 1920s, where Hewgley attended Riverview School. They later moved to Oklahoma City. Hewgley graduated from Classen High School there and went on in 1938 to complete a business degree at OU. Among Hewgley's many public service and community interests, he was a Tulsa Port of Catoosa authority member for more than 20 years, and in 2002 a new port tugboat was named in his honor. He served on many local boards, including those of the Tulsa Opera, the Tulsa Chapter of the American Red Cross, Children's Medical Center, Hillcrest Medical Center and Southern Hills Country Club. He also was chairman of the 1971 Christmas Seals fund campaign. The younger Hewgley, who served three terms as streets commissioner, said his father's best asset as a civic leader was that "he was a people person who could make decisions. You don't always find those qualities together." Hewgley's wife Eileen Hewgley died this year. His first wife, Jocelyn Hewgley, died in 1965. Hewgley is survived by his three sons, Jim Hewgley III, Robert Hewgley and Fred Hewgley; Eileen Hewgley's children, Mary Warren Bashaw, Joan Warren Yoakam and Thomas Warren III; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
grmother is Nettie Painter / Ingalsbe b 12/1859 in Canton Il. d 8/1957 Ks m to Judson W Ingalsbe b 10/3/1854 NY on 5/23/1878 in Onaga Ks. Nettie had a daughter Ada Mosier living in Tulsa
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a James M Hewgley b 1889 with wife Margaret corbett show in OKC in 1930 census..with son named JUNIE b 1917, daughter Margaret b 1914, daughter Mary b 1913, wife Margaret b 1893
he and wife died in auto accident within hours of each other...from court case by 1956..came from tn to Ok in 1920 s
in 1920 census in Monroe cty Ms.
worked in oil drilling w John Slick
have seen as Pearl Evelyn
father dead by 1910...may be Wm Corbett
in 1910 she is in Sumner cty Tn
in 1920 census as Margrett in Chickasaw Ms w family
divorced 2/6/1987
have seen b 1961 and as Lisa J Hilker or Wardmay also be daughter Diane Michelle b 5/25/1976