Arthur Raye Oglesby was born on April 17, 1936, to Pascal Oglesby and Ethel Colburn Oglesby in Eastland, Texas. He married Barbara Ann Turvaville on October 8, 1959, in Littlefield Texas. He had worked as a roustabout in the oil and gas industry before retiring.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Pascal and Ethel Oglesby; daughter, Toni Warner; grandson Keegan Warner; brothers, Ernest Monroe Oglesby and George Edward Oglesby; sisters, Mary Joetta Odom Langford and Patricia Bassett Houser.