Dawn Lynch

Mill Spring, NC

On September 21, 2025, Camillia Dawn Lynch, 72, of Mill Spring went to be with her Lord and Savior. She passed peacefully under the great care of the staff at Fair Haven of Forest City and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Born January 14, 1953 in Rutherfordton, NC, to the late John Hubert Lynch of Polk County and Doris Hope Griswold Lynch of Rutherford County, she dedicated 26 years of her life to serving her community as a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. After retiring, she found great joy in restoring her family's Civil War era cabin, tending to her flowers, helping her husband in their apple orchard, and getting lost in a good book. She was an incredible artist and gifted seamstress, who loved to paint, crochet, and sew whenever she had a spare moment. Anyone who had the privilege of knowing Dawn knew that she truly was the queen of exercising her own free will. She never stopped wanting to learn new things, even dabbling in taxidermy and having a stint as an EMT just because she could. A proud daughter of the American Revolution, she greatly enjoyed exploring her family's genealogy and preserving their history for future generations. But above all this, she loved her family. Before her passing, she was able to see the recent engagements of two of her granddaughters to two fine young men, and was able to support one in going to work in the mission field in Guatemala. She loved the Lord, and after a three-year battle with lung cancer, she was at peace and ready to go home to Him. She is preceded in death by her parents, and is survived by her husband of 38 years, Grant Henry Lynch of Mill Spring, daughter Amy Jo Lawrence Parton (Furman) of Union Mills, three granddaughters, Ali Parton, Shay Parton, and Keeley Parton of Union Mills, and two brothers, Raphal Matthew Lynch (Wilma) and John Michael Lynch (Laurie) both of Mill Spring.No formal service will be held; family and friends will gather at her beloved cabin to celebrate her life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Trinity Christian School (299 Deter St, Rutherfordton, NC 28139) in her memory.