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Elra Joyce (Jones) Tomlinson passed from this earth at her home in Oklahoma City, OK just after 3 a.m. on March 26, 2020. She was born on February 21, 1933 to parents Edwin and Gertrude (Wesson) Jones in Oklahoma City, where she grew up. Elra Joyce spent some of her early years traveling west with her family during the Great Depression picking fruit. She attended and graduated from Capitol Hill High School. She married William (Bill) Dean Tomlinson in September of 1951 and they made their home in Midwest City, OK. They had two boys, Mark and Mike. Joyce did attend some college and held several jobs, including serving as a Secretary and Budget Manager in Civil Service at Tinker Air Force Base, where Bill also worked in Civil Service.
Bill and Joyce loved to travel and visited such far-off lands as Tahiti, Fiji, and the UK. They retired to Fay, OK to the family homestead where they lived until Bill’s death in 2001. She then relocated to Baptist Village in OKC where she lived for a number of years, before transferring to St. Anne’s Residential Center. During her retirement in Fay, Joyce enjoyed visits from her grandchildren during school breaks. The ultimate camp counselor, she always had plenty of activities planned for the kids. She also had a vibrant social life with her friends, bowling for many years in a league at the Watonga Lanes bowling alley. She gardened and enjoyed the wildlife that visited. Her time at Baptist Village and St. Anne’s were also filled with friends and activities that filled her days with fun and laughter. She was especially fond of her time with other ladies in the Red Hat Society. She was an artist and loved to paint, especially landscapes.
Elra Joyce was a devout woman of faith, attending Church of the Firstborn from a young age. She spent time in Bible study for many years with her family and church members. She looked forward to the day she would be reunited with her Lord and Savior. Her two great loves in life were her love for God and her family. She reveled in the times her family gathered in her home. She could usually be found in the kitchen, as her biggest joy in life was taking care of those she loved.
Elra Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, William Dean Tomlinson; parents, Edwin and Gertrude (Wesson) Jones; sister, Coleen (Jones) Winters; brothers, Jack and Clarence Jones; and great-grandson, Tyler Carpenter. She is survived by her sister, Trela Willoughby; sons, Mark Tomlinson and wife Gwenna, and Mike Tomlinson and wife Jeanne; grandchildren, Stephen Tomlinson and wife Randee, Tami Adams, William Westbrook, Doug Tomlinson and wife Kellee, Cody Tomlinson and wife Christine, Shevaun Putman and husband Tim, Angeli Turner and husband Joel, and Gina Brown and husband Craig; 18 great-grandchildren; and a host of loving family and friends.
Viewing will be Friday, 9am-7pm at Mercer-Adams. Services will be Saturday, March 28, 2:00pm at Mercer-Adams Chapel with interment in Liberty Cemetery, Fay, Oklahoma.
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