Nelle Jayne Clements

NELLE JAYNE CLEMENTS February 4, 1936 "“ March 29, 2011   Nelle Jayne Hinkle (Mom) was born on February 4, 1936, to Connie and Calvin Hinkle in Yukon,Oklahoma.  Her Father passed when she was in her early twenties and her mom passed away seven years ago.   Only close family and friends were allowed to call her Nelle as she preferred to be called Jayne.  She came from a large family with sisters Velma, Dottie, Josephine (Jo), and Norma, brothers Marvin, Paul, and Wayne. Velma and Dottie passed away as children, Marvin passed away  several years ago.  Mom remained close to her brothers and sisters.   Mom was married to James (Jimmy) Clements who passed away in 1981.  Jimmy had trained to be a truck driver and the family moved quite a bit, living in Texas, Florida, California, Nevada, and Georgia, but she always missed Oklahoma and was a faithful OU fan no matter where she lived.   In 1974, she and Jimmy moved back to Oklahoma permanently and prior to Jimmy"™s death, they lived in Piedmont, but she was never far from her mom and family again.  After Jimmy"™s death she bought a small house in Yukon and that is where she wanted to be in the end.   Mom has three daughters Syndi, Vicky, and Kami.  Syndi and her husband Rodger Runyon live in Noble, Oklahoma, and have a daughter, Ashley Thurston, and son, Damon Runyon.  Vicky Dowdy lives in Yukon and has two daughters, Jamie Bailey and Sarah Bailey.  Kami and her husband Steven Johnson live in Yukon and have a son, Steven "Tyler" Johnson, and two daughters, Christian Johnson and Brittany Johnson.   Ashley and husband John have one daughter Aubrey and are expecting in September.  I know our Mom will be keeping an eye out from heaven to see the new little one when he or she arrives.   Damon has a son, Alexander, 9, and daughter MacKenzie, 7. Jamie Bailey has three children, Jayden Bailey, 10, Cadence Funck, 7 and Brayden Funck, 6.   Sarah has four children, Brandon Bailey, 13, Mariah Acuna, 9 , Hailey Pointer, 7 and Kaylin Jones, 4.   Kami was a "surprise baby" born when Syndi was 15 and Vicky was 11. After Jimmy passed away Mom raised Kami on her own, never remarrying.  She and Kami were the best of friends and did everything together.   Mom worked as an insurance adjuster and had some pretty funny stories about times she had to check on people that had filed worker compensation claims.   Many of the stories included being chased by dogs and barely making it back to her car in one piece and the people she checked on were not always the friendliest people you would want to meet.  After she retired, she discovered, not to her family"™s surprise, that she just wasn"™t cut out for retirement so she got a part time job at Yukon Mid High School working in the cafeteria as the cashier, but filled in doing whatever was needed.  She had a work ethic that couldn"™t be beat, just like her mom and dad.   Mom loved her children, but we think she loved her grand-children and great-grandchildren even more.  Thanksgiving and Christmas found her home overflowing with little ones and more food than anyone could possibly eat. The Christmas tree would have so many gifts they practically took up the entire living room leaving little room for anyone to walk through the room let alone sit down anywhere.  The atmosphere was always loud with talking and laughter and chaos began when it was time to open gifts.  Although the adults tried to keep up with the paper and packages flying, it seemed that the house still ended up looking like a war zone.  Mom always made sure all the kids had a present.  Sometimes she would have an hour"™s notice that an extra child would be coming for the visit and she would hand money to someone and say, "Go get them a present so they"™ll have something to open."  She cooked all day and always had turkey and ham with all the trimmings and she had to have bought every kind of dessert that she laid eyes on.  Like the presents, there wasn"™t enough room for all the food and she the only thing she allowed anyone to bring was ice and soft drinks.  We are going to miss these times like crazy and are eternally thankful to have such wonderful memories.   Mom took care of everybody.  She always had people living with her.  She took in her children and grandchildren with their children anytime they experienced hard times and needed a place to stay until they could get back on their feet.  We can"™t remember too many times that she actually lived alone.  She wouldn"™t have had it any other way.  Like most families, it wasn"™t always pie in the sky happy times, but the good memories far outweigh the bad.   Mom spent a lot of time with her brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews.  She loved them all and they loved her.  They went on vacations together throughout the years and that love has really shown through during her illness and passing.  As her children, grandchildren, nieces, and sons-in-law gathered at her bedside during her last few hours, there were many stories and remembrance of events, times, and places long forgotten.  We think she was happy listening to all the stories and the laughter that came from those shared memories.  We know she didn"™t want to leave us and we didn"™t want her to leave, but God needed her and we know she is reunited with loved ones and rejoicing with them in heaven.  She will be patiently waiting to see us again.   We love you Mom and miss you so much.  We still need you and even though there will always be a sadness that you are no longer with us, there will also be happy memories to make that sadness less painful.  We will keep your memory alive throughout the generations.   We are forever grateful to our family and friends that have shown us so much Love and compassion and have gone above and beyond in helping us cope with our great loss.  Without them, we would have been lost.  Through their reaching out to us to help, they have shown us just how much Mom was loved by all.  Hers is a legacy we should all strive to achieve.   A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 4, 2011 at Victory Christian Fellowship located at 300 South Kimbell Road, Yukon, OK. 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