Individual Details
Carlton Buel LYNCH
(4 Aug 1883 - 4 Aug 1956)
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1883 | Lafayette County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Jun 1910 | Lafayette County, MS - Flora Garnet FURR | |||
| Death | 4 Aug 1956 | Memphis, Shelby County, TN |  | | |
| Burial | Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, TN | |
Families
| Spouse | Flora Garnet FURR (1888 - 1928) |
| Child | Dr. Marshall Buell LYNCH (1913 - 1991) |
| Child | Flora Garnett LYNCH (1917 - 2007) |
| Child | Dr. Robert Henry Furr LYNCH (1920 - 1991) |
| Father | George Marshall LYNCH (1841 - 1928) |
| Mother | Martha L. "Mattie" ADAMS (1859 - 1909) |
Notes
Death
Carlton B. Lynch, 73, of 2734 Burns, died at 1:15 p.m. today at Baptist Hospital of a self-inflicted .38 caliber pistol wound in the head, police said. Homicide Lts. Swann and Carlisle said Lynch, who has been ill, fired the bullet into his left temple about noon. It came out the right side of his head. Lynch, unconscious, was rushed to the hospital in a Jack Ruby ambulance. Swann said Lynch stepped into his front yard in his bath robe. When his wife, Era, called him to lunch he took the pistol out of his robe pocket and fired, Swann said. Lynch has a son, Dr. Marshall Lynch, of Clarksdale, Miss. National Funeral Home is in charge.The Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee, August 4, 1956
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. The Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee.
3. findagrave.com.