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In 1949, he married the former Margaret Eugenia Johnson (1926-2014), who was born in [[Shreveport]] and reared in Doyline in south Webster Parish. She graduated from Doyline High School, attended business school, and worked at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] during World War II. It was while she was later employed at Continental Bank that she first met Bruce Lynn.<ref name=mrslynnobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-lynn&pid=172688600&fhid=10218#sthash.Q5qGNiY3.dpuf|title=Margaret Lynn obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 5, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref>
In 1949, he married the former Margaret Eugenia Johnson (1926-2014), who was born in [[Shreveport]] and reared in Doyline in south Webster Parish. She graduated from Doyline High School, attended business school, and worked at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] during World War II. It was while she was later employed at Continental Bank that she first met Bruce Lynn.<ref name=mrslynnobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-lynn&pid=172688600&fhid=10218#sthash.Q5qGNiY3.dpuf|title=Margaret Lynn obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 5, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref>
The two Lynn children were Bruce Lynn, Jr. (1950-2022), a [[Texas A&M University]] graduate and member of the Sullivan Ross Volunteers who was assigned to the honor guard for the [[governor]] of Texas. Lynn, Jr., operated the family farm<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081711|title Bruce Newton Lynn, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 9, 2022|accessdate=August 10, 2022}}</ref> and was divorced from the former Jane Downs, a sister of former state Representative [[Hollis Downs]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=juel-chappell&pid=172688581&fhid=6320|title=Juel Chappell obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=October 5, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref> and Pamela Lynn Broesamle of Scotts Valley near [[San Jose]], [[California]]. The Lynnes had five grandchildren. A grandson, Ross Alexander Lynn (1979–2013), a photographer and mountain climber, was killed at the age of thirty-three in a farming accident on the Lynn plantation.<ref name=mrslynnobit/> The Ross Alexander Lynn Foundation was established in his honor in Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=166685752|title=Ross Alexander Lynn|publisher=''The Bozeman Daily Chronicle''|location=Bozeman, Montana|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref> Coincidentally, Bruce Lynn, Jr., lost is mother and his former mother-in-law on the same day.
The two Lynn children were Bruce Lynn, Jr. (1950-2022), a [[Texas A&M University]] graduate and member of the Sullivan Ross Volunteers who was assigned while at the university to the honor guard for the [[governor]] of Texas. Lynn, Jr., operated the family farm<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081711|title=Bruce Newton Lynn, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 9, 2022|accessdate=August 10, 2022}}</ref> and was divorced from the former Jane Downs, a sister of former state Representative [[Hollis Downs]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=juel-chappell&pid=172688581&fhid=6320|title=Juel Chappell obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=October 5, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref> and Pamela Lynn Broesamle of Scotts Valley near [[San Jose]], [[California]]. The Lynnes had five grandchildren. A grandson, Ross Alexander Lynn (1979–2013), a photographer and mountain climber, was killed at the age of thirty-three in a farming accident on the Lynn plantation.<ref name=mrslynnobit/> The Ross Alexander Lynn Foundation was established in his honor in Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=166685752|title=Ross Alexander Lynn|publisher=''The Bozeman Daily Chronicle''|location=Bozeman, Montana|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=October 22, 2019}}</ref> Coincidentally, Bruce Lynn, Jr., lost is mother and his former mother-in-law on the same day.
With his background in cotton production, Lynn was in 1970 the president of the National Cotton Council of America, a trade association based in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Washington, D.C.]] He remained thereafter an advisor to the council board. Because he was in Washington with the cotton council late in 1980, he became a member of the transition team for President-elect [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Lynn once told an interviewer that the election of Reagan remains the highlight of his personal political interest.
With his background in cotton production, Lynn was in 1970 the president of the National Cotton Council of America, a trade association based in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Washington, D.C.]] He remained thereafter an advisor to the council board. Because he was in Washington with the cotton council late in 1980, he became a member of the transition team for President-elect [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Lynn once told an interviewer that the election of Reagan remains the highlight of his personal political interest.