Florence Jean Castleberry

Related to:Edsel Jarvis (father) Velma Castleberry (mother) Joe Castleberry (brother) Lonnie Castleberry (brother) Rhett Castleberry (brother) Fran Castleberry (sister)HometownTalladega, Alabama, U.S., raised in Cowton, Texas, U.S. Florence Jean Castleberry was born in Talladega, Alabama and raised in the small community of Cowtown, Texas, to Edsel Jarvis and Velma Castleberry. In many ways Velma had been a raucous woman herself; and that was how Flo became who she was. She also had three younger brothers - Jimmie Joe Castleberry during their younger years Flo and Jimmie Joe would experiment sexually with each other, they found it a good way to cure boredom despite it being incest taboo and a southern stereotype. Lonnie Castleberry, Rhett Castleberry are her other two brothers, and a younger sister named Fran Castleberry. Fran and Flo were opposites in every way. Where Flo was outgoing and graceful, Fran was introverted and clumsy. Fran, who worked at the Department of Motor Vehicles, was forever engaged to a feed store worker named Wendell Tubbs. Whilst in Cowtown, Flo had worked as a waitress, and was considered one of the best sometimes she'd give a handjob here and there if the tip was right. Her best friend in Cowtown was a woman named Miriam Willoughby. Flo dropped out of school at age 16 to get married. After three extremely unsuccessful marriages, (all three were in front of Justices of the Peace, she said that those three quickies didn't seem to take) Flo became a waitress at Mel's Diner in Phoenix, Arizona, a roadside diner run by one Mel Sharples. Flo was the old-hand waitress and took on a motherly role when Alice Hyatt came to Phoenix and began to work for Mel. Although she and Vera Louise Gorman got along, she didn't know what to make of her, as she was shy and clumsy, much like her sister Fran would become. She also flirted with many of the male customers, mostly to annoy Mel. Flo and Mel had an adversarial relationship. They respected one another, but Flo wouldn't stand for Mel's sexism and greed. Whenever she was angry at him, which was often, she would often floor him with her famous catchphrase, "Mel, kiss mah grits!!!" Other expressions she used most often were, "When donkeys fly!!!" and "You bet your sweet patoot!" Sometimes, Flo would get insanely jealous over male attention being given to other people. She was jealous of her boyfriend, Sy, working with a female trucker named Toni, so she tried to learn to drive a semi herself, with the unwilling help of Alice, whose late husband, Donald, was a semi-driver. All Flo succeeded in doing was driving the semi right through the front of the diner, infuriating Mel who went after her. Alice and Flo were best friends. She also liked Alice's son, Tommy Hyatt, whom she called "Tiger". After several years at Mel's Diner, Flo left Phoenix, to take a hostessing job at the Thundering Herd restaurant in Houston, Texas, but stopped back in Cowtown and, on a dare, bought a roadhouse from her girlhood days, renaming it Flo's Yellow Rose. Now owning a business her most frequent adversary was the tightwad banker, Farley Waters, who held the mortgage on Flo's Yellow Rose, an old rundown roadhouse that she remembered fondly from her chilhood that she decided to by and renovate. They mutually despised one another, although Flo usually got the better of him, much as she did to Mel. She got on somewhat well with the bartender, Earl Tucker, who called her señorita, although she could also be annoyed by him, because he didn't much like working for a woman, however he did make a go of it. The only others whom she did easily get on well with, was Les Kincaid, the learned piano player; Miriam, who worked at the Yellow Rose with her friend; and Randy, the mechanic from the garage across the street from the Yellow Rose. Mel himself made a visit to Cowtown, to see how Flo was getting on running her own business and to meet her family and friends. Flo is a very interesting woman and enjoys fun and living life. Her southern drawl is adorable. The character is based in the year 1980.

Flo is 5 feet 7 inches tall, She has a thin build. She has small breasts and her hair style is a red beehive. She was born July 2nd 1937 and is currently 43-years-old.