Jason (Jai) Flynt in lieu of flowers resting place

In lieu of flowers…

Direct donations for his resting place may also be made directly by calling Spring Hill Funeral Home (615) 865. - 1101. These donations will not incur any fees.

Hello. I’m Jason (Jai) Flynt’s daughter. I’m starting this gofundme to try to raise money to pay for a nice final resting place for my father. He was a great man and deserves a great decrescendo. I’m at a loss for words. We have just decided that we really want a nice place to be able to sit with him and that we could be close to him, too.

Jason (Jai) Enoch Flynt, 82, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at his home in Madison, Tennessee, surrounded by his family.

He was born September 17, 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the late William Lewis Flynt Sr. and Anna Aurelia Anderson Flynt.

In addition to his parents, Jai was preceded in death by his brother William (Bill) Lewis Flynt Jr. and brother-in-law Henry Luther (Lucy) Brooks.

He is survived by his sister Anna Lucy (Henry) Brooks; sister-in-law Mildred Gass (Bill) Flynt; his former wife Margie Bomar (Jason) Flynt Osborne and their children Jason Derek Flynt, Erica Nicole Flynt (Josh) Corbitt, and Christopher Ryan Flynt; grandchildren Oliver Stephen Ticaric, Sydney (Alice) Flynt Ticaric, and Milo Jason Eliot Corbitt; nieces Leeanne Flynt (Ralph) Schulz, Joy Flynt Johnson, and Anna Michelle (Clinton) Dalton; nephews Henry Douglas Brooks and Mark Luther Brooks.

Jai graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1958. He received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tennessee. He later attained a master’s degree in education from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

He had 40 years of service as Tennessee Public Schools’ band director, including Lebanon High School and Junior High, Jackson High School and Junior High, Cumberland High School and Junior High, Madison High School, Neely’s Bend Middle and Elementary Schools, Stratton Elementary, Amqui Elementary, Jere Baxter Middle School, and DuPont Elementary.

Jai loved playing music and performing. He served as trombonist in the following: Music City Dixieland Band, The Moonlighters, The Jazz Alliance, The Usual Suspects, Radio Daze Big Band, Main Street Big Band, Bone Therapy, TN Tech Troubadours Alumni Band, and Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra. He was also leader of the Tech Troubadours for 2 years, while in college.

He was in numerous professional organizations, including WTSBOA, MTSBOA, MENC, NEA, TEA, MNEA, ITA, and Chattanooga Musicians Union. Honorary fraternities include Pi Mu Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha.

He served as adjudicator in music festivals, and was a staff member in high school and middle school band camps.

Jai was a family man, enjoyed going camping and to his childrens’ activities and functions. He touched many lives over the years, and was well-loved by his students and his cohorts. Jai enjoyed writing and had a wonderful sense of humor.

Visitation shall be on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 11am, followed by a celebration of life funeral service at 12pm, conducted by Terry McNatt at Spring Hill Funeral Home in Nashville, Tennessee. Music will be performed by Michelle Cuccia and Rocky Craft, Bone Therapy, and Music City Dixieland Band.