Sadly, I just received word this morning that Jay passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
Jack
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J.M.Flowers
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Sweet Marissa
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My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends during their time of mourning.
May he rest in peace, and my prayers go out to his family.
Here's a picture I found of Jay Flowers in an On the Snap magazine, takein in 1990. If I only knew how to use the ZOOM lens on my digital camera, I could focus in better.
The gentlemen in the picture are, from left to right: Pete Christi, Steve Mizerak, Jay Flowers, and Jon Dovinski!
JAM
Here's a picture I found of Jay Flowers in an On the Snap magazine, takein in 1990. If I only knew how to use the ZOOM lens on my digital camera, I could focus in better.
The gentlemen in the picture are, from left to right: Pete Christi, Steve Mizerak, Jay Flowers, and Jon Dovinski!
JAM
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Jack Justis said:
Thank you Jack,
I just wanted to do a little obit on this for the pool world. I spoke to Jay a few weeks ago, and was able to obtain some biographical information. At the time, he was bravely facing his illness.
His real name was Jasper Meeks Flowers, Jr. and he learned leatherwork on his fathers farm. He was born in 1932 and was a Korean War vet. Jay was a very good pool player and played in many professional events. He was a friend of Buddy Hall's. He designed and made very popular tooled leather cases from the early 1980’s to early 1990’s.
He was always back ordered. The name JEF was chosen because he thought it sounded snazzy. He had them made in his three car garage in Tampa and employed 8 women in an assembly line (he would only hire women). Each of them was trained to do a particular job. They were constantly back ordered. He said at one time he had 1000 backorders and they were only able to make a few cases a day. Retail was $250 - $275 in those days.
In his later years, Jay became very religious. Jay is survived by his wife, Shirley.
Some of his cases are on my site:
http://www.palmercollector.com/JayFlowers.html
We will miss you, Jay.
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Jay, Buddy, Janice and I go way back, before he started making cases. We all hung out at Bakers pool room.
We had many a good time, the 4 of us. If you went to dinner with Jay, and you reached for the tab, you got a cussin and maybe a ass-chewing for the rest of the week. On many of my road trips to Flordia, I would stay with Jay and Shirley. Lots of good times with Jay.
god bless you Shirley.
Janice and Blud
Thanks for the up date on Jay.Jack Justis said:
Jay, Buddy, Janice and I go way back, before he started making cases. We all hung out at Bakers pool room.
We had many a good time, the 4 of us. If you went to dinner with Jay, and you reached for the tab, you got a cussin and maybe a ass-chewing for the rest of the week. On many of my road trips to Flordia, I would stay with Jay and Shirley. Lots of good times with Jay.
god bless you Shirley.
Janice and Blud
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TATE said:
Jay Flowers was my inspiration and I had the pleasure of meeting him in Las Vegas a few years ago. We talked about a lot of things relating to casemaking and pool in general.
One hell of a man, a credit to the industry. His contribution will probably never be fully acknowledged but I can say that without Jay Flowers there would not have been an Instroke, nor probably the legions of cases that followed.
Godspeed Jay.
John Barton
I have had two Flowers case. My first Flowers case was a Tad Flowers case. I sold that. Then I got my second one. It was very beautiful. His leather was thinner than the kind used by Dennis or Jack; nevertheless, it was unique and original in an elegant way. I must have been crazy because I sold that case, too.
My prayers go out to his families and friends.
Richard
My prayers go out to his families and friends.
Richard
I was proud have known Jay also and have a few cases made by him over the years (I frequented Bakers Billiard Academy quite often when it was in it's prime). I also wish his family all the best and I may call Ray Martin tomorrow for the details 
Jam - Those are all people in that pic that I know very well. Pete and I used to share rooms on the FL Tour (He has no "T" in his last name though). John D. is one of the funniest people to hang out with you could ever find, but he is only around very rarely anymore. I believe everyone knows the story of what is happening with Steve M.
Jam - Those are all people in that pic that I know very well. Pete and I used to share rooms on the FL Tour (He has no "T" in his last name though). John D. is one of the funniest people to hang out with you could ever find, but he is only around very rarely anymore. I believe everyone knows the story of what is happening with Steve M.