Patricia Dee Flynt Bryant

Trish was born on March 18, 1949 to Bill Walton Flynt and Virginia Love West Flynt in Douglas, Arizona. She was the fourth of five children. Trish grew up in El Paso, Texas and graduated from Parkland High School in El Paso. She attended The University of Texas at El Paso and later obtained her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Bakersfield. She married Danny Bryant on June 2, 1995, and together, they shared 28 years of marriage. Trish worked for El Paso Natural Gas Co., and after 30 years of dedication, she retired in 2012. She had a great love of reading, drawing, and painting, especially with her grandsons. Trish loved to sew and was an accomplished seamstress, not only of clothes, but also of themed blankets for her grandsons, nieces, and nephews. Trish was also very active and involved in her Sunday school class, exercise class, drawing class, and with her KK Secret Society. She also loved Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Hallmark movies, and British mysteries. Trish loved spending time with her grandchildren and her family, and she greatly enjoyed being able to take them to Disney World and Universal Studios. Trish was a beautiful person inside and out; her smile could light up a room. Trish will be greatly missed and never forgotten. She was also very passionate about the Ronald McDonald House and spent time volunteering there in the 1980s. Trish was a member of Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo.

Trish was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Bill Flynt II; and her sister, Ginny Smith.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Danny Bryant, of Amarillo; her daughters, Heather Shiplet Elias and Tamara Shiplet Bell, both of Amarillo; her five grandsons, Desmond Bell, Cedric Bell, Jaxon Elias, Seth Elias, and Gabe Elias; her sister, Judy Hammond and husband, Chuck, of Dallas, TX; her sister, Kathy Read, of El Paso, TX; her sister-in-law, Suzi Flynt Manus and husband, Bill, of Los Lunas, NM; and her brother-in-law, Jerry Smith and wife, Linda, of Gulf Breeze, FL. Also left to cherish her memory are numerous and much loved nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family members.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests charitable donations be made to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo in her memory.

Please join us as we celebrate her life at 2 PM, Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo.