Alma V. (Reynolds) Tompkins

Mrs. Alma V. (Reynolds) Tompkins Mrs. Alma V. (Reynolds) Tompkins, 89, formerly of Bartlesville and Nowata, died at 8:20 A.M. on Monday, June 9, 2014 at her home in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services for Mrs. Reynolds will be held at 1 P.M. on Saturday, June 14, 2014 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tom Cox officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation will be at the funeral home at 11 A.M. on Saturday. Casket escorts will include Randy Eubank, Michael Lashbrook, Jimmy Reynolds, Tommy Reynolds, David McGee and Larry Deckard. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to Crossroads Hospice, 9237 Ward Parkway, Suite 300, Kansas City, Missouri, 64114. Mrs. Tompkins was born at Competition, Missouri on August 25, 1924 the daughter of Thomas E. and Dora (Williams) Massey. She grew up and received her education in the Lebanon, Missouri area and she was married to Vernon Richard Reynolds at Wichita, Kansas on January 5, 1953. They made their home in Wichita until moving to Kansas City in 1965. Following Mr. Reynolds retirement in 1979 they moved to Nowata in 1980 where they made their home until moving to Bartlesville in 1989. Mr. Reynolds preceded her in death on July 13, 1998. She later moved to the Kansas City area where she was married to Frank Tompkins of Mountain Grove, Missouri and he also preceded her in death. She has continued her home in the Kansas City area since that time. She was a member of the New Harmony Baptist Church. She was known by many and loved by everyone who knew her. Through the years she worked at many jobs including the garment district, was a judge pro tem, transported lady prisoners from Wichita to Lansing, owned a furniture store, built industrial batteries, and finally worked and retired from the drug store in Nowata. She was never afraid of hard work. She had a kindness, a tenderness and a sense of humor that made her an Angel to everyone she touched. She was adored by all and will be greatly missed. Survivors include one son, Wallace Deckard and his wife Joyce of Gardner, Kansas, two daughters, Debbie Reynolds and companion, Randy Eubank of Kansas City, Missouri and Darlis McGee and husband Donald of Kansas City, Kansas, one sister, Ruby Crain and husband Zollie of Cocoa, Florida, 7 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 9 great great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a number of brothers and sisters. PDF Printable Version

Alma V. (Reynolds) Tompkins

August 25, 1924 - June 9, 2014