Mary Jo Shiflet is loving life

Sunshots by Michael Hall Mary Jo Shiflet poses for a photo, above, near an old farm bell in her yard just outside of Hartwell. Shiflet, 78, has a positive outlook on life despite tragedies from the past.
Sunshots by Michael Hall Mary Jo Shiflet poses for a photo, above, near an old farm bell in her yard just outside of Hartwell. Shiflet, 78, has a positive outlook on life despite tragedies from the past.

Happy memories are precious to Mary Jo Shiflet — so much so that she ran both a catering business and a florist business called Precious Memories. Many of those memories are visible in her brick ranch…