Bruce Lynn
| Bruce Lynn | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 1 (northern Caddo and Bossier parishes) |
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In office 1976–1988 |
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| Preceded by | James H. "Jimmy" Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Roy M. "Hoppy" Hopkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bruce Newton Lynn March 25, 1925 Gilliam, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | September 28, 2016 (aged 91) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Eugenia Johnson Lynn (married 1949–2014, her death) |
| Children |
Bruce N. Lynn, II |
| Parents | James Wiley and Irene Bruce Lynn |
| Alma mater |
Belcher High School |
| Occupation | Businessman; Banker |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Bruce N. Lynn, II
Belcher High School
Texas A&M University
Bruce Newton Lynn, I (March 25, 1925 – September 28, 2016), was an American businessman and banker who was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1988. He was a native and resident of the village of Gilliam (pronounced GIL LAM) in Caddo Parish, where three generations of his family have operated the J.W. Lynn cotton plantation.
Lynn was born to James Wiley Lynn, an Arkansas native, and the former Irene Bruce (1895–1982), originally from Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated in 1942 from the former Belcher High School. He attended Texas A&M University in College Station and later Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, but he did not graduate from either institution. Instead he later completed banking school.
Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, Lynn was stationed in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
In 1949, he married the former Margaret Eugenia Johnson (May 16, 1926 – October 3, 2014), who was born in Shreveport and reared in Doyline in south Webster Parish. She graduated from Doyline High School, attended business school, and worked at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of Minden during World War II. It was while she was later employed at Continental Bank that she first met Bruce Lynn.
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