Ruth Perkins Lynch

Ruth Perkins Lynch

Ruth Lynch Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Dec. 21, 2009.
LYNCH, Ruth Perkins, 81, widow of Lawford W. Lynch, died Sunday, December 20, 2009. Survivors include two sons, Alfred L. Lynch and wife, Martha, and Charles N. "Nicky" Lynch and wife, Joyce; a daughter, Evelyn L. Vick and husband, David; five grandchildren, Michael Lynch and wife, Kathryn, Michelle Sowers and husband, Cody, Matthew Lynch, Colton Lynch, and Wesley Vick and fiancee, Kim Powell; and a brother, Hugh Lee Perkins. Mrs. Lynch was a lifelong member of Grace Anglican Church. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Monday (tonight) at Owen Funeral Home, 303 S. Halifax Road in Jarratt. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 22 at Grace Anglican Church, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made in her memory to Grace Anglican Church Memorial Fund, c/o Melissa Forsyth, 1411 Smoky Ordinary Road, Emporia, Va. 23847.


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