Decatur Daily, July 13, 1960
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY AT 10 A.M. FOR JUDGE S. A. LYNNE
Funeral services for Judge Seybourn Arthur Lynne, 83, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery.
Conducting the services will be the Rev. W. K. Stephenson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Jessie Rogers, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. J. S. Christian, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
The body will remain at Brown Funeral Co. until 9 a.am. Thursday at which time it will lie in state from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. The balcony of the church will be reserved for the judge's many Negro friends.
The family requests no flowers.
Judge Lynne died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after an illness of three months.
Judge and Mrs Lynne, the former Annie Leigh Harris, who survives, were married Apr 19, 1906, and moved to their home at 503 Ferry St NE in July of 1909, and had lived there since. They had three children, Judge Seyborn H. Lynne, presiding Judge of the U. S. District Court in Birmingham; Russell Lynne, Decatur, attorney; and a daughter Mrs W. Skeggs Crawford, Decatur. Three grandchildren also survive.
"The acknowledged dean and nestor of the legal profession in Morgan County, by reason of his years and of his length of practice, Judge Lynne's repute is not a local matter only, for he has been a leader in public affairs in the State, and his eminence as an attorney is acknowledged throughout Alabama," the Story of Alabama, Volume Five has to say of the judge.
Judge Lynne was born in the Somerville community where his father, David Wilson Lynne, was a merchant. Attending public schools at Somerville, he graduated from Morgan County College and at the University of Alabama, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Law.
A staunch Democrat, his first elective office came in 1902 when he was elected to the Alabama Legislature, representing the second senatorial district of Lawrence and Morgan Counties in the State Senate. From 1903 he became a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. His second service as a legislator came in 1919 when he represented Morgan County in the House of Representatives until 1923. He was chosen speaker and was chairman of the joint Judiciary Committtee of the Senate and House in 1919.
In 1932, he was elected to the Democratic National Convention and supported the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1951, Gov. Gordon Persons named him to serve as circuit judge after J. H. Crow, Jr. resigned to accept employment with Chemstrand Corp. In 1952 he was elected to a six-year term. He had earlier served an appointive term as circuit judge under an appointment by Gov. Bibb Graves.
He looked on the Edwin Dockery case as one of the most outstanding that came before him. It was the only case tried under him in which the death sentence was given.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Bank until it was reorganized in 1933 during the depression to State National Bank of Decatur. Judge Lynne as chairman of the board, was instrumental in making plans for the present building.
He was a member of the board of directors of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. and of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. and became a director of the North Alabama Buuilding and Loan Assn. before it was federalized in 1918, becoming First Federal. He was named to the board of directors of Mutual Savings in 1942.
NOTE: This branch of the family added the e to the end of the surname, making it Lynne.
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY AT 10 A.M. FOR JUDGE S. A. LYNNE
Funeral services for Judge Seybourn Arthur Lynne, 83, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery.
Conducting the services will be the Rev. W. K. Stephenson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Jessie Rogers, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. J. S. Christian, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
The body will remain at Brown Funeral Co. until 9 a.am. Thursday at which time it will lie in state from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. The balcony of the church will be reserved for the judge's many Negro friends.
The family requests no flowers.
Judge Lynne died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after an illness of three months.
Judge and Mrs Lynne, the former Annie Leigh Harris, who survives, were married Apr 19, 1906, and moved to their home at 503 Ferry St NE in July of 1909, and had lived there since. They had three children, Judge Seyborn H. Lynne, presiding Judge of the U. S. District Court in Birmingham; Russell Lynne, Decatur, attorney; and a daughter Mrs W. Skeggs Crawford, Decatur. Three grandchildren also survive.
"The acknowledged dean and nestor of the legal profession in Morgan County, by reason of his years and of his length of practice, Judge Lynne's repute is not a local matter only, for he has been a leader in public affairs in the State, and his eminence as an attorney is acknowledged throughout Alabama," the Story of Alabama, Volume Five has to say of the judge.
Judge Lynne was born in the Somerville community where his father, David Wilson Lynne, was a merchant. Attending public schools at Somerville, he graduated from Morgan County College and at the University of Alabama, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Law.
A staunch Democrat, his first elective office came in 1902 when he was elected to the Alabama Legislature, representing the second senatorial district of Lawrence and Morgan Counties in the State Senate. From 1903 he became a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. His second service as a legislator came in 1919 when he represented Morgan County in the House of Representatives until 1923. He was chosen speaker and was chairman of the joint Judiciary Committtee of the Senate and House in 1919.
In 1932, he was elected to the Democratic National Convention and supported the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1951, Gov. Gordon Persons named him to serve as circuit judge after J. H. Crow, Jr. resigned to accept employment with Chemstrand Corp. In 1952 he was elected to a six-year term. He had earlier served an appointive term as circuit judge under an appointment by Gov. Bibb Graves.
He looked on the Edwin Dockery case as one of the most outstanding that came before him. It was the only case tried under him in which the death sentence was given.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Bank until it was reorganized in 1933 during the depression to State National Bank of Decatur. Judge Lynne as chairman of the board, was instrumental in making plans for the present building.
He was a member of the board of directors of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. and of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. and became a director of the North Alabama Buuilding and Loan Assn. before it was federalized in 1918, becoming First Federal. He was named to the board of directors of Mutual Savings in 1942.
NOTE: This branch of the family added the e to the end of the surname, making it Lynne.
Decatur Daily, July 13, 1960
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY AT 10 A.M. FOR JUDGE S. A. LYNNE
Funeral services for Judge Seybourn Arthur Lynne, 83, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery.
Conducting the services will be the Rev. W. K. Stephenson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Jessie Rogers, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. J. S. Christian, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
The body will remain at Brown Funeral Co. until 9 a.am. Thursday at which time it will lie in state from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. The balcony of the church will be reserved for the judge's many Negro friends.
The family requests no flowers.
Judge Lynne died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after an illness of three months.
Judge and Mrs Lynne, the former Annie Leigh Harris, who survives, were married Apr 19, 1906, and moved to their home at 503 Ferry St NE in July of 1909, and had lived there since. They had three children, Judge Seyborn H. Lynne, presiding Judge of the U. S. District Court in Birmingham; Russell Lynne, Decatur, attorney; and a daughter Mrs W. Skeggs Crawford, Decatur. Three grandchildren also survive.
"The acknowledged dean and nestor of the legal profession in Morgan County, by reason of his years and of his length of practice, Judge Lynne's repute is not a local matter only, for he has been a leader in public affairs in the State, and his eminence as an attorney is acknowledged throughout Alabama," the Story of Alabama, Volume Five has to say of the judge.
Judge Lynne was born in the Somerville community where his father, David Wilson Lynne, was a merchant. Attending public schools at Somerville, he graduated from Morgan County College and at the University of Alabama, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Law.
A staunch Democrat, his first elective office came in 1902 when he was elected to the Alabama Legislature, representing the second senatorial district of Lawrence and Morgan Counties in the State Senate. From 1903 he became a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. His second service as a legislator came in 1919 when he represented Morgan County in the House of Representatives until 1923. He was chosen speaker and was chairman of the joint Judiciary Committtee of the Senate and House in 1919.
In 1932, he was elected to the Democratic National Convention and supported the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1951, Gov. Gordon Persons named him to serve as circuit judge after J. H. Crow, Jr. resigned to accept employment with Chemstrand Corp. In 1952 he was elected to a six-year term. He had earlier served an appointive term as circuit judge under an appointment by Gov. Bibb Graves.
He looked on the Edwin Dockery case as one of the most outstanding that came before him. It was the only case tried under him in which the death sentence was given.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Bank until it was reorganized in 1933 during the depression to State National Bank of Decatur. Judge Lynne as chairman of the board, was instrumental in making plans for the present building.
He was a member of the board of directors of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. and of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. and became a director of the North Alabama Buuilding and Loan Assn. before it was federalized in 1918, becoming First Federal. He was named to the board of directors of Mutual Savings in 1942.
NOTE: This branch of the family added the e to the end of the surname, making it Lynne.
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY AT 10 A.M. FOR JUDGE S. A. LYNNE
Funeral services for Judge Seybourn Arthur Lynne, 83, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery.
Conducting the services will be the Rev. W. K. Stephenson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Jessie Rogers, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. J. S. Christian, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
The body will remain at Brown Funeral Co. until 9 a.am. Thursday at which time it will lie in state from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. The balcony of the church will be reserved for the judge's many Negro friends.
The family requests no flowers.
Judge Lynne died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after an illness of three months.
Judge and Mrs Lynne, the former Annie Leigh Harris, who survives, were married Apr 19, 1906, and moved to their home at 503 Ferry St NE in July of 1909, and had lived there since. They had three children, Judge Seyborn H. Lynne, presiding Judge of the U. S. District Court in Birmingham; Russell Lynne, Decatur, attorney; and a daughter Mrs W. Skeggs Crawford, Decatur. Three grandchildren also survive.
"The acknowledged dean and nestor of the legal profession in Morgan County, by reason of his years and of his length of practice, Judge Lynne's repute is not a local matter only, for he has been a leader in public affairs in the State, and his eminence as an attorney is acknowledged throughout Alabama," the Story of Alabama, Volume Five has to say of the judge.
Judge Lynne was born in the Somerville community where his father, David Wilson Lynne, was a merchant. Attending public schools at Somerville, he graduated from Morgan County College and at the University of Alabama, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Law.
A staunch Democrat, his first elective office came in 1902 when he was elected to the Alabama Legislature, representing the second senatorial district of Lawrence and Morgan Counties in the State Senate. From 1903 he became a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. His second service as a legislator came in 1919 when he represented Morgan County in the House of Representatives until 1923. He was chosen speaker and was chairman of the joint Judiciary Committtee of the Senate and House in 1919.
In 1932, he was elected to the Democratic National Convention and supported the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1951, Gov. Gordon Persons named him to serve as circuit judge after J. H. Crow, Jr. resigned to accept employment with Chemstrand Corp. In 1952 he was elected to a six-year term. He had earlier served an appointive term as circuit judge under an appointment by Gov. Bibb Graves.
He looked on the Edwin Dockery case as one of the most outstanding that came before him. It was the only case tried under him in which the death sentence was given.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Bank until it was reorganized in 1933 during the depression to State National Bank of Decatur. Judge Lynne as chairman of the board, was instrumental in making plans for the present building.
He was a member of the board of directors of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. and of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. and became a director of the North Alabama Buuilding and Loan Assn. before it was federalized in 1918, becoming First Federal. He was named to the board of directors of Mutual Savings in 1942.
NOTE: This branch of the family added the e to the end of the surname, making it Lynne.
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