Wynon was born January 6, 1921 in Fords Creek, Mississippi, the youngest of 6 children. After graduating from Stewart School, he attended Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, where he graduated in 1944 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering.
Wynon served in the US Army in WWII as a T-5 Specialist Signaller. He was assigned to Company 'M' 346th Infantry in 1944 after graduating Mississippi State College. On Oct 1, 2013, at the age of 92, he participated in the 6th and final Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight for WWII Veterans to the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C.
After the War in 1946 he attended Texas A&M on the GI Bill where he received his Veterinary of Medicine degree in 1949 and began practicing veterinary medicine in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1953 he moved to Picayune, Mississippi where he brought veterinary services to the surrounding areas, until he retired in 2012 after 59 years of practice. He was known by many locals as the "Flying Veterinarian" using cow pastures, road lanes and highways for landing strips. Later he attended Delgado College flight school and received a commercial license, making flying coast to coast without a radio much easier.
He married Dorothy Dell Clark in 1956. They were married for 49 years until her death in 2005.
He was a Free Mason and an active member of the local Rotary Club. He enjoyed raising cattle and goats and showing them off to family and friends. He was also an accomplished author of five books.
Wynon was born January 6, 1921 in Fords Creek, Mississippi, the youngest of 6 children. After graduating from Stewart School, he attended Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, where he graduated in 1944 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering.
Wynon served in the US Army in WWII as a T-5 Specialist Signaller. He was assigned to Company 'M' 346th Infantry in 1944 after graduating Mississippi State College. On Oct 1, 2013, at the age of 92, he participated in the 6th and final Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight for WWII Veterans to the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C.
After the War in 1946 he attended Texas A&M on the GI Bill where he received his Veterinary of Medicine degree in 1949 and began practicing veterinary medicine in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1953 he moved to Picayune, Mississippi where he brought veterinary services to the surrounding areas, until he retired in 2012 after 59 years of practice. He was known by many locals as the "Flying Veterinarian" using cow pastures, road lanes and highways for landing strips. Later he attended Delgado College flight school and received a commercial license, making flying coast to coast without a radio much easier.
He married Dorothy Dell Clark in 1956. They were married for 49 years until her death in 2005.
He was a Free Mason and an active member of the local Rotary Club. He enjoyed raising cattle and goats and showing them off to family and friends. He was also an accomplished author of five books.
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