James Edwin Lynn

Mr. James Edwin Lynn, 77, died Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at his residence on McKnight Road in Culleoka. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Rush officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Highland Rim, 2014 Elmer Pogue Drive, Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Waynesboro, Tennessee native was the son of the late Clarence E. Lynn and Metie Long Lynn. He was owner/operator of Lynn Equipment Company in Detroit, Michigan for 35 years. In addition to being a business owner Mr. Lynn was a farmer, developer, horse trainer and mechanic. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Doyle Wayne Lynn and Edward Steve (Valerie) Lynn both of Culleoka; one daughter, Linda Marie (Bryan) Whatley of Rockwall, Texas; one sister, Ruby Lynch of Waynesboro; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Terry Lynn and Gary Lynn. Pallbearers will be Windell Westmoreland, Richard Parks, Jeff Parks, Tim Malone, Aubrey Cowley and Jon Inman.