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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Bruce Newton Lynn, Sr.
|name=Bruce Newton Lynn, Sr.
|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br/> District 1 (northern Caddo and Bossier parishes)
|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br/> District 1 (northern Caddo and Bossier parishes)
businessman; banker<br>
businessman; banker<br>
[[United States Marine Corps]] in [[World War II]]
[[United States Marine Corps]] in [[World War II]]
|alma_mater=Belcher High School<br />
|alma_mater=Belcher High School<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br />
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
[[Louisiana State University]]
|spouse=Margaret Eugenia Johnson (married 1949-2014, her death)
|spouse=Margaret Eugenia Johnson (married 1949-2014, her death)
James Wiley and Irene Bruce Lynn}}
James Wiley and Irene Bruce Lynn}}
'''Bruce Newton Lynn, I''' (March 25, 1925 – September 28, 2016), was an [[United States|American]] [[cotton]] [[farmer]], [[business]]man, and [[banker]] from his native Gilliam (pronounced GILL AM) in northern Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]], who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1976 to 1988. Three generations of his family operated the J. W. Lynn plantation.
'''Bruce Newton Lynn, I''' (March 25, 1925 – September 28, 2016), was an [[United States|American]] [[cotton]] [[farmer]], [[business]]man, and [[banker]] from his native Gilliam (pronounced GILL AM) in northern Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]], who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1976 to 1988. Three generations of his family operated the J. W. Lynn plantation.
==Background==
==Background==
Lynn was born to James Wiley Lynn, an [[Arkansas]] native, and the former Irene Bruce (1895-1982), originally from Kansas City, [[Kansas]]. He graduated in 1942 from the former Belcher High School. He attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]], and later [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], but he did not graduate from either institution. Instead he later completed banking school.
Lynn was born to James Wiley Lynn, an [[Arkansas]] native, and the former Irene Bruce (1895-1982), originally from Kansas City, [[Kansas]]. He graduated in 1942 from the former Belcher High School. He attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]], and later [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], but he did not graduate from either institution. Instead he later completed banking school.
In 1949, he married the former Margaret Eugenia Johnson (May 16, 1926 – October 4, 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 theLouisiana 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 news|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''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
In 1949, he married the former Margaret Eugenia Johnson (May 16, 1926 – October 4, 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 theLouisiana 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 news|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''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
The two Lynn children are Bruce Lynn, Jr., who operates the family farm and is divorced from the former Jane Downs, a sister of former state Representative [[Hollis Downs]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=juel-chappell&pid=172688581&fhid=6320|title=Juel Chappell obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref> and Pamela Lynn Broesamle of Scotts Valley near [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California. The Lynnes had five grandchildren. 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|publishr=''Bozeman Daily Chronicle''|location=Bozeman, Montana|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
The two Lynn children are Bruce Lynn, Jr., who operates the family farm and is divorced from the former Jane Downs, a sister of former state Representative [[Hollis Downs]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=juel-chappell&pid=172688581&fhid=6320|title=Juel Chappell obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref> and Pamela Lynn Broesamle of Scotts Valley near [[San Jose]], California. The Lynnes had five grandchildren. 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 5, 2014}}</ref>
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|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|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.