A memorial for Schann Eric Lynn, of Brookhaven, will be held at a later date. Riverwood Family Funeral Service in Brookhaven is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Lynn, 42, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb. He was born May 20, 1974, in Marceline, Missouri. He ran track in high school, and was very athletic. He was a welder, served in the United States Army and he enjoyed tinkering with small appliances, carpentry and loved his children very much and doted on them often.

Preceding him in death were his niece, Phoenix Vicenti; stepfather, Roger Case; brothers, Ricky Pummer; sister, Denise Hertter; grandparents, Walter and Edith Wise and grandmother, Gladys Lynn.

Survivors are his mothers, Louise Lynn and Ede Case; father, Daniel Lynn; son, Wesley Schann Lynn; daughters, Michaela Angelikah Lynn, Natalie Angeline Lynn, Brianna Taylor Vicenti, Mary-Kathryn Louise Harper and Cora Emily Drake; brothers, Calum Cecil Magee, Tim Pummer, Eddy Lynn, Daniel Von Lynn, Shane Case and Dwayne Case; sisters, Angela Marie Vicenti, Angela Kay Lynn and Janice Brown; brother-in-law, Brian Vicenti; and many nieces and nephews and his children’s mothers, Bobbie Gail Cabra and Sharolyn Jean Harper.

Mr. Lynn died from complications due to diabetes. The family asks that memorial contributions be made in his name to the American Diabetes Association.

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