1675“... Theodosia Flynn, my Great Grandmother, was born in Jan. of 1775.  She was born to John William and Sarah Flynn, in Lonoke County.  Theodosia's mother died when she was 7 years old and her father when she was 12.   Her mother was the first one to be buried in the Flynn Cemetery.  John William gave some of his land to be used as a Cemetery.
  From what I have been told, Winfrey Flynn, her half brother, took her under his wing. She met Ben F. Jones, who was born March 28, 1875. in Missouri.  They were married sometime during the year of 1896.  They moved to Mississippi and my grandmother Bertha Lee Jones was born on July 27, 1900.  He worked some but not a lot and Theodosia was used too more then he could have every given her. He was killed in Crenshaw, Mississippi on Feb.12, 1904. She moved with her 2 small children up to Memphis, TN., where she opened a boarding house on Market Street. There was and still is a Catholic Church on the corner. She lived right beside it. This is how she made her living far her 2 children.
She went home to Humphrey, Arkansas far a visit in the latter part of June or July of 1908. She got very sick and Winfrey's (who was deceased at this time) wife Rosa went back with her to Memphis on the train. They left her children in Ark. When they got back to Memphis, Rosa put her in the hospital. She died July 8,1908, at 9:30 A. M. It say on her death certificate that she had acute Hepatitis, Gangrenous Gall Bladder and Gall Stones and  the contributing factor was Typhoid Fever.  Rosa told the hospital that she resided in Ark., because if she had not then her two children would have become wards of the court. They say on her dying bed she told Rosa to please take good care of her babies. Rosa took her back and buried her in the Flynn Cemetery right beside Winfrey, which was her favorite brother even though he was just a half brother. [When I went to Arkansas the first time and visited Flynn Cemetery there was not a headstone for Theodosia. I could not stand that, so went to Pine Bluff and bought her one. I knew where she was buried and had them put the stone there. She is buried right by her favorite half-brother Winfrey. If you have never been to the Cemetery you need to go, it is the most peaceful place. I had a hard time leaving.”