Lynn Warner

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Dr. Lynn A. Warner Jr., 72, died April 18, 2003, at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Born Nov. 1, 1930, in Bartlett, son of the late Lynn and Anne Warner, he attended the University of Tennessee-Martin for his premedical studies, graduating in 1954. He was an intern at John Gaston City Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and surgical resident at Beckley Memorial Hospital in West Virginia. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress and Northwest Tennessee Medical Society, he was also a member of the First Baptist Church, where he had served as Sunday school teacher and deacon.

His wife, Faye Warner, survives of the home.

Other survivors include: four daughters and sons-in-law, Marcia and Bill Van Sant of Dyersburg, Donna and Kenny Allen of Sikeston, Mo., Karen and Clay Blalack of Gulfport, Miss., and Cynthia and Dave Grabowski of Jackson, Tenn.; one son and daughter-in-law, Lynn "Andy" and Debbie Warner III of Studio City, Calif.; one sister, Shelby Burch of Somerville; one brother, Bill Warner of Whiteville; and 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond Boston and the Rev. Don Hammons officiating.

Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be: Charles Agee III, Brad Lewis, John Allen, Chad Blalack, Tim Rodgers and Don Williams.