 Flowers' left two children, Posie and Orlando.Posie Flowers, who was also a dancer, performed in the Broadway production of "Carmen Jones" in the 1940s while Orlando Flowers, Jr. (1920-1974) was the first African-American colonel in the California National Guard.With a view to writing a history of African-American dance, over the years Flowers collected a substantial amount of information on the popularization of African-American dance in the 20th century and its origins in the 19th century.