Joyce Jane Flowers, daughter of the late Kenneth William Averett, Sr. and Gussie Westerfield Averett, was born on August 8, 1934, in Hammond, IN and departed this life at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO on March 5, 2017 at 82.
She graduated from Canalou High School in 1951, and then married her childhood sweetheart Billy Carl Flowers on December 19, 1953 in Hernando, MS.
To this union, three sons were born; Stanley Carl Flowers (wife Sue), Timothy Lynn Flowers (wife Kimberly), and Robert Kevin Flowers (wife Kelly) all of Dexter. “Nana” counted her greatest blessing in her six grandchildren: Clayton Flowers (wife Chelsie), Aleshia Flowers Eftink (husband Nathan), Delaney Flowers, Owen Flowers (finance’ Amanda), Ethan Flowers, and Alana McRoy; and her three great-grandchildren: Leighton Flowers, Brianna McRoy and Bryson McRoy. She is also survived by one brother, Mike Averett (wife Rene’) of St. Charles, IL; one sister-in-law Fannie Averett of Dexter; loving nieces, nephews and cousins; many dear friends; and her church family.
Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Anastasia Flowers and two brothers, Kenny Averett, Jr. and Larry Joe Averett.
She co-owned Flowers’ Fish Farms with her husband, but her true calling was selling real estate in Stoddard County and the surrounding area for nearly 40 years. For much of that time, she was the owner/broker of her own real estate office (American Realty, Century 21, and Flowers’ Realty) in Dexter. Mrs. Flowers was a Christian, member of the Dexter Church of Christ, a charter member of the Crowley’s Ridge Daughters of the American Revolution, The Stoddard County Republican Club, and served on the Stoddard County Realty Board.
Visitation will be at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Funeral service will be conducted at the Dexter Church of Christ on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 10:00 AM, with interment following in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery south of Dexter.
Memorial donations can be made to the Bootheel Youth Camp, C/O Laura Tessens, 201 Adams Drive, Dexter, MO 63841 or the Chalk Bluff Cemetery, PO Box 727, Dexter, MO 63841.
