Tommy was born in Wake County March 12, 1984 to Ella Fair Cagle of Willow Springs and Bilal Yahia El-Ferkh of Raleigh. He graduated from Garner Senior High School in 2002 and played football for Garner. Tommy had a zest for life and a contagious smile.

Brittany was born in Wake County on October 26, 1989 to Walter Craig and Wanda Creech Custer. She graduated from East Wake Academy in 2007 and had just completed her freshman year at East Carolina University. Brittany was an avid dancer, and attended Massey School of Dance for 12 years.

A Celebration of Life is planned for Tommy El-Ferkh on Saturday, May 31st. starting at 3:00 p.m. The location for this event is 7224 Rock Service Station Rd, Raleigh NC 27610. This is near Hwy 42 and Hwy 50. Please do Map Quest for directions or contact Della or Carolyn at the email address below.

We will be cooking a pig, and barbeque chicken, with sides. If you would like to bring a picnic item, please contact either Della McLamb at delma35@aol.com, or Carolyn Collins at CCollin@nc.rr.com for more details. Please bring your lawn chair or blankets. This is to ensure everyone has a place to sit.

Please tell your friends that knew Tommy about this event. We want to make this an event that noone will forget. Because Tommy will never be forgotten.

We are also asking you to please RSVP if you plan to attend this celebration. But please don't let this stop you from attending. We want you to attend and help us celebrate Tommy's Life. We hope you will share your memories with his family and other friends.

This is going to be a special event for our "Tommy" to honor his memory. WE ALL LOVED HIM. So lets all gather to remember the good times we had with him. Please plan to stay with us for these special events: at dusk we will be lighting candles, releasing balloons, a moment of silence to honor our Tommy, then we will be lighting a bonfire. Also, if you would like to bring your fishing pole to try your luck at fishing please feel free.