Larry Persons Lynch of Shady Dale, GA, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at the age of 87. Larry was born on May 5, 1937 in Jacksonville, Florida, to the parents of Hal Lancaster Lynch, Sr.
Sheriff Larry Lynch, who was “sworn in” as a junior deputy on the lawn of the McLennan County Courthouse in 1953 by then-Sheriff C.C. Maxey, jokes that he is the county’s longest-tenured employee.