She is preceded in death by her parents Curtis Earl Moore, Ruth Claywell Moore, her husband Theodore Roberts, her sister Imogene Carpenter, her stepsons Jimy Harold Roberts and Ted Roberts, and survived by her niece Cindy Yurkovich, great grandnieces Lexi and Andie Yurkovich, and daughter-in-law Suellen Roberts.
Flavia’s first paying job was when she was 12 doing watercolor Christmas cards. Her dad’s boss bought everyone she could make at 10 cents apiece. She painted a picture every day for 33 years.
Flavia contributed much to the Wichita Falls society through her life and artwork. After seeing decorative eggs at a craft show, she made her first egg in 1979. She worked on her exquisite eggs every day for over 40 years and showcased them at numerous arts and crafts fairs, including the Christmas Magic Show. Flavia also taught eggery at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University for two years and had many articles published about her in the Wichita Falls Times Record News and eggery magazines.
Flavia was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas. During the Christmas holidays Flavia always had a huge display of her Christmas eggs at her church, to everyone’s delight. She served in various areas in the church including taking charge of activities in her class well into her 80’s.
An inspiration to many, Flavia’s outstanding positive personality set her apart as someone very special, who had accumulated many friends over the years.
In lieu of Flowers please make a tax deductible donation to one of the following;
Hospice Plus-Hospiceplus.net First Baptist Church Wichita Falls-FBCWF.org.
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