In Celebrating The Life of Minnie Magdelene Bruton Flowers
February 27, 1939 – February 8, 2022
Services
Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 11:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Baptist Church • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Interment
Fort Sill National Cemetery
Temple and Sons Funeral Directors, Inc.
Minnie Magdelene Flowers 27, 1939 to Alfonzo and Imogene Bruton in Clearview, Oklahoma. She was the third of six children – Carmi Bruton (deceased), Betty Wilson (deceased), Ethelene Scott of Clearview, OK, Marjorie Plunkett of Clearview, OK, and Janice Bruton (deceased).
Minnie always loved school and attributes this to her parents and grandparents who instilled a belief in the importance of an education and the necessity of graduating. Her grandmother always said, “graduate and be somebody.” Since Clearview was a small town, some of the single teachers lived with families in the community. Minnie’s grandmother had a separate room in the home that she rented to one teacher who happened to be the music teacher at Clearview High School. Because of the opportunity to be around the music teacher, Minnie decided that she too wanted to be a teacher and a music teacher and a music teacher in particular. At age eleven, Minnie began piano lessons. This led her to becoming a pianist for the Methodist Church of which she was a member, but she was also called upon to play at other churches in the community for weddings, funerals, and other special occasions.
After graduating from Clearview High School, Minnie began her studies at Oklahoma City University in 1957 majoring in vocal music education. While studying at OCU she sang and toured with the University Choir, sang with the Oklahoma City Symphony, and danced with the Robert Bell ballet Company. In 1961, she graduated from OCU with a BA in Music Education. Not satisfied with her current educational level and desiring to acquire new techniques in education, she enrolled in a master’s program in Early Childhood Education at OCU. Although she graduated with a Master of Arts in 1971, she still was unsatisfied and enrolled in Fall 1987 at OCU to pursue specialization in reading. In December 1988 she received her second master’s degree with a specialization in reading.
Minnie was actively involved in the community through membership at Emmanuel Baptist Church where she served as Minister of Music and on the Deaconess Board. She also participated in fund drives for the March of Dimes and The Muscular Dystrophy Association and for a number of years an active member with the Urban League and NAACP. Minnie was a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and participated in various community service events.
Upon graduating with her bachelor’s degree from OCU in 1961, she married Jackie G. Flowers who preceded her in death. Minnie Magdelene Flowers leaves to mourn her daughter, Pamela D. Watson of Oklahoma City, Paula D. Dalgetty (Greigg) of Suwanee, Gal., and Melanie R. King.