Jo Ervin Flynn

Jo Ervin Bailey Flynn, 94, of Santa Fe, NM and Snyder, TX, passed away on August 7, 2018.  Visitation will be on Friday from 6-7 pm at the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.  Graveside services for Mrs. Flynn will be held at 10 am Saturday, August 11 at Hillside Memorial Gardens, Colorado City Hwy, Snyder, TX.

Jo was born October 12, 1923 in Lamesa, TX to Annie and Ervin Thomas Bailey.  She married Emil Douglas Flynn on May 3, 1943 in Louisville, KY when they were both 19.  Following the end of World War II, they moved to New Jersey, Virginia, and finally to Snyder in 1957.  In Snyder, she returned to college and finished her degree at Texas Tech and subsequently taught Home Economics and Art at Lamar Junior High for many years.  Following her retirement from the Snyder Public Schools, she and her husband traveled extensively in Europe and the Pacific.

Jo was involved in all types of art and loved doing anything that was creative.  In early years she focused on painting and drawing but later she moved onto fiber arts.  She collected raw wool from her travels, experimented with all types of dyes, spun her own thread, and worked at weaving a variety of pieces.  She frequently put on spinning demonstrations for area school children and at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock.  She was an active member of Cosmorama Study Club and Daughters of the American Revolution and ardent supporter of the local library and the Scurry County Historical Society.

Jo was preceded in death by her parents and husband.  She is survived by her children John (Vicki) of Santa Fe, NM, Mike (Laura) of San Rafael, CA and Tim (Maria) of Kalaheo, HI; sisters Glenna Keesee of Lubbock and Anna Sears of Snyder; brother-in-law Roland R. Flynn of Hackettstown, NJ; brother-in-law Joseph Rhodes of Mendham, NJ, sister-in-law Ann Flynn of Wilmington, DE; grandchildren Scott, Shannon, Brian, Colin, Michelle, Windsor, Christopher, and Lily; and eight great grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.  Additionally, she is survived by friends too numerous to mention whose love and care was made abundantly clear to both her and her family during this last year.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friends of the Scurry County Library, P.O. Box 293  Snyder, TX 79549.