Mrs. Elta Mae Vinson, 104, of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri after a recent decline in health. Elta began her earthly journey on April 29, 1908 in Willard, New Mexico to the late V.S and Gertrude (Nix) Meeks. Her formative years were spent in Enville, Oklahoma. On September 26, 1925 in Madill, Oklahoma she was united in marriage to James Earl Vinson and to this union four sons and three daughters were born. Being the wife of a Baptist Minister, she and James primarily raised their family in the states of Oklahoma and Missouri. In 1949 they moved to Exeter, Missouri and eventually settled to Sarcoxie, Missouri in 1985. She enjoyed sewing and quilting and was a hardworking and devoted homemaker to her family. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church in Monett, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of seventy years, James Earl Vinson on January 15, 1996; three brothers and three sisters. Elta is survived by four sons, Darrell Vinson and wife, Charlotte, of Rogers, Arkansas, Don Vinson of McCloud, Oklahoma, Loyd Vinson and wife, Mary, of Oronogo, Missouri and Bill Vinson and wife, Loretta , of Sarcoxie, Missouri; three daughters, Ann Richards and husband, Leroy, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Shirley Pewthers and husband, Gerald, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Nita Crabb and husband, Jim, of Sayre, Oklahoma; twenty-one grandchildren, forty-six great-grandchildren, eighteen great-great grandchildren and four great-great-great grandchildren; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Vinson are 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri with her grandson, Gary Vinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Olive Cemetery near Fairview, Missouri. Her grandsons and great grandsons will honor her life by serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Saturday at 12:00 noon in the funeral home chapel. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.