Jennifer Flowers Tomkins

Jen Tomkins. Born August 31, 1971. Passed on October 12, 2014. Survived by her Mom, Sue Tudor of California, her husband Darrell, and her three children William, 20, Bailley, 18 and Mollie, 15, of Charleston, South Carolina. She was also a "foster" Mom to Kaela Sorrell, 15, who resided with her for the last four years. How do you summarize your daughter, your wife, your Mom in a paragraph or two? She was a great kid. Crazy about Disney, music, the ocean, musicals, and pets. In 1992, she married Darrell. She was 20, he was 19. Darrell enlisted in the Air Force in Spring, 1993. They had William in Long Beach, California in December, 1993. Bailley (July, 1996) and Mollie (September, 1999) followed, both born in Fairfield, CA, while stationed at Travis. Air Force travels took them to England for six years, then settled them in South Carolina in 2006, where they stayed even after Darrell left the service. As a Mom she was totally devoted to her three kids, as well as her "Band Kids". She was very involved in anything at the schools. She was responsible for a sidewalk, so kids did not walk on grass, and a school zone light, so traffic would slow for students at Jerry Zucker Middle School. She was a voice for PTO at schools, and advocate of student rights. But her real passion was for the band activities. Both JZ Jazz, at Zucker, or the Marching Band at West Ashley High School, which William was in for four years (and Band Captain his senior year), which Mollie is just starting her first year. Jen lived with constant physical pain, but always pushed herself so that she did not miss out on her kids' activities. Whether it was a band function, Bailley in a drama production, fund raising you name it, she was involved. She had her own amateur photography business and took pictures for all her "kids". Proms, senior pics, band pics, family pics, weddings, babies and her "Grey Brigade" (her cats Harrold, Miss Kitty, Purrcussion and Froddo), and took great pleasure in taking pictures of her Mom's dogs, wearing various headbands, and texting them to her Mom at work. She cracked herself up!! Kids and critters names always had to have a double consonant. For those of us impacted by her life, we will never be quite the same. There are no words to express how much she already is, and will continue to be missed. We will gather on Sunday and share stories of how she touched us good ones and maybe some "feather rustling" ones!!! The only pleasure we feel right now is the knowledge that she is no longer in pain. Jen we love you. RIP Jen. We know you are now in good company, but you are sorely missed here.