On Saturday August 8, 2020, precisely at Dawn, Elma Jonell Norris, also known as “Tonkie,” gave up the ghost and left this Earth. Tonkie’s eldest daughter, Sharion, and her daughter, Kellye were with her at home, holding her close as she breathed her last, in a peaceful transition.
Tonkie was born on February 6, 1930, in Elgin, Texas. Raised on the Lane family farm just past Rattlesnake Hill by parents Frank and Naomi Lane, she was an Elgin High School “Wildcat.” This is where she met and married the love of her life, A.R. McGee Jr. He called her Jo Nell,