Three Forks of the Kentucky River Historical Association

Jacklyn Flannery

FLANNERY, Jacklyn Virginia Age 81 of Hamilton, died at 12:02 pm Saturday, May 10, 2014. She was born in Hamilton, OH, November 6, 1932, the daughter of Marcus Charles and Elizabeth (Cornett) Thomas [of Owsley County].

She attended school in Ohio and Kentucky and graduated from Xavier University with a BS in Psychology with a double minor in Philosophy and Sociology. She also received a Masters Degree from Xavier University; she accumulated thirty graduate hours over her masters with concentration in the field of the emotionally disturbed child.

On November 5, 1955, in Indiana she married Oscar L. Flannery.

She was appointed to the Hamilton Police Department November 3, 1956, promoted to Detective in 1970, Sergeant in 1972, Lieutenant in 1976 and Captain in 1983; she retired February 8, 1991. She was responsible for the organization of the Youth Aid Bureau of the Hamilton Police Department in 1959, and was instrumental in the first computerization of the Hamilton Police Department and the hiring of civilian dispatchers and their training. She was assigned to the Youth Aid Bureau for 16 years. Her assignments included positions in patrol, traffic, detective bureau and central records. She served as a Line Captain and Administrative Captain.

She was a member and elder of the Westwood Presbyterian Church; member of the Altrusa Club International of Hamilton; Past President of the Women's City Club of Hamilton, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #38 since 1957; Order of the Amaranth; Past Worthy Matron and Past Grand Page of the Order of the Eastern Star, Washington Chapter #195, Ex-Regent and American Heritage State Chairman with National Recognition of Daughters of the American Revolution, John Reily Chapter; Butler County Human Service Council Electorate and member of the Legislative Government Committee; Past President of the YMCA Board of Directors; Vice Chair of the Board of the Children's Service Bureau; Member, YWCA Protective Shelter for Battered Persons and their Children advisory committee; Board of Directors, Center for Forensic Psychiatry; Member of the Board of Trustees Sojourner Dove House and member of the Board of the Children's Diagnostic Center.

She received many awards and commendations: 1966 edition of Outstanding Young Women of America; National Register of Prominent American's; Kentucky Colonel Commonwealth of Kentucky by Gov. Edward T. Breathitt and again by Gov. Louis B. Nunn along with letters of commendation; Meritorious Services to the Community Award, Lindenwald Kiwanis International; Woman of the Community Award, Hamilton Jayceettes; Award Plaque in appreciation for Unselfish Dedication to Public Service from the Hamilton Optimist; Named 1985 Woman of the Year by the Blue Limestone Chapter of the American Business Women's Association; YWCA Woman of Achievement. Her life was dedicated to the citizens of Hamilton and Butler County and she believed, "The choices we make dictate the life we lead."

She leaves a family with much love, son, Dr. Patrick Flannery and his wife Cheri (Davis) of Liberty Township; daughters Elizabeth Lee Crowe and her husband David Crowe, Sr. of New Albany, Indiana, and Glenna Flannery of Lexington, Kentucky. She was a devoted Grandmother to her four grandchildren, David Lee Crowe Jr. and his wife Kristen (Roll), Jessica Flannery (Spaeth) and husband Andy Spaeth, Benjamin Flannery, and Nathan Flannery. She was preceded in death by her husband Oscar Flannery, her parents, and a sister Peggy Renee Thomas.

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