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Stephanie Bell Flynt has enjoyed a television broadcasting career since 1986, when she moved to Jackson to anchor and report news. She did take a five-year leave from television to spend time with her young children. She returned to work in the fall of 2003.
Since 1991, Stephanie has been married to Mike Flynt. Her husband is Director of the Mississippi Lions Eye Bank, where he procures donated corneas for ophthalmologists to transplant. Mike and Stephanie have four children, who keep them very busy with school and sports. In her spare time, Stephanie volunteers her time to both arenas. In 2001, Stephanie served on a Rankin County School District Committee focusing on special education. Among others things, the focus of the committee work was to better identify children who need special education services and to better communicate to parents the services available. Stephanie has also dedicated much of her time in the Rankin County School District.. She has served as room mother for various classes over the years and remains a general flunky for any teacher or class mom who needs help.
Soccer is a big part of the Flynt family. One of the programs nearest and dearest to Stephanie is TopSoccer for the Blind and Visually Impaired, where her daughter joins about 20 other children for spring and fall seasons on a six-week schedule of play. Students from various public schools join students from the Mississippi School for the Blind to play soccer. Dozens of volunteers facilitate the games.
Stephanie is a native of Gloster, Mississippi. She graduated from Mississippi State University in 1984 with a degree in Communications. Stephanie and her family are members of Pinelake Church.
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