Dennis Parker Lynch Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Dennis Parker Lynch, Sr., 82 of Pinehurst, died Thursday, October 5, 2017, at his home of leukemia. Born in Halifax County on March 15, 1935, he was the son of Reverend Wilbur Jerry Lynch and Iva Jeanette Parker Lynch. He was predeceased by an older brother, Wilbur Jerry Lynch, Jr., a younger sister, Mollie Jeanette Lynch and a nephew Ronald Dewey Lamm. Parker was a North Carolina native, attending grammar school in Wilson. He graduated from Fayetteville High School where he was the pitcher for the baseball team. He served four years in the Air Force stationed in Germany. He attended college and earned his under graduate degree in Geography from East Carolina University. He was honored with the Outstanding Senior Award and the Geography Department Service Award on graduation day. He obtained a Master's Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology on a Richard King Mellon Fellowship. His thesis on Atlanta's Fernbank Forest was published along with related articles in various scientific journals. He served as Alamance County Planning Director and was the Dual Executive Director for the Cumberland County Joint Planning Board and Region M Council of Government. After relocating to Pinehurst, he became the Public Works Director for Moore County and facilitated construction of the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Addor. His career goal was to retire from governmental work at age 50 to pursue his interest in real estate and the stock market. In this phase he was a licensed broker, partner in a real estate investment company, designed and constructed homes and traded in the stock market. Parker is survived by his wife of 58 years, Betty Wicker Lynch, two sons, Jerry Lynn Lynch (Cristina) of Raleigh and Dennis Parker Lynch, Jr. and his daughter Kathryn Parker Lynch of Greensboro; sister, Gladys Lynch Lamm; brother, Wilbur John Lynch (Valerie) and their son, John Alexander Lynch all of Greenville. A Celebration of life service will be held Saturday, October 21, 2017 at White Hill Presbyterian Church, 3335 White Hill Road, Sanford, NC at 11:00 am with Reverend Brown Patton officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A reception will be held at the Pinehurst National Club House. Memorial donations may be made to White Hill Presbyterian Church, 3335 White Hill Road, Sanford, NC 27332. The family was assisted by First Health Hospice, Palliative Care and Cape Fear Crematory of Stedman.

Dennis Parker Lynch

March 15, 1935 - October 5, 2017