John Heery Lynch, Jr.

John (Jack) Heery Lynch Jr., peacefully passed away Sunday, October 9, 2005.  Jack was the son of the late John H. and Ida Miller Lynch of Atlanta.  The Lynch home in 1918, when Jack was born, was located on old Capital Avenue. Jack always said he was born on second base at the old Fulton County Stadium, first home of the Atlanta Braves.  Jack and his family were descendants of 1847 Irish immigrants and Atlanta pioneers, Patrick Lynch, a stonemason who?s granite foundation, still supports his church, The Shrine of The Immaculate Conception.  According to church history and depicted by a stain-glass window at The Cathedral of Christ the King, the first Catholic Mass in Atlanta was celebrated in Patrick Lynch?s home. Jack was a member of Sacred Heart Church, a Marist graduate, and a Georgia Tech loyalist. Jack was a chemist and former partner in Law & Company, an old Atlanta testing firm. From his teenage years until the mid 1960?s Jack worked a concession stand at the old Ponce de Leon Ball Park, home of the Atlanta Crackers.  Jack is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Julia Anne Heckman Lynch, his daughter, Rea Queen and husband Larry, sons:  John Edward Lynch and wife Betty Anne, Charles Miller Lynch and wife Susan, Patrick Leo Lynch and wife Mary Beth; 9 grandchildren and 5(one on the way) great-grandchildren; his sister, Sister Margaret Lynch of St. Louis, Missouri, his brother Leo Charles Lynch and sister-in-law Elaine of Tampa, Florida.  He was preceded in death by: his son, Michael Joseph Lynch; his brothers: Father Patrick Miller Lynch, and Hugh Joseph Lynch and his sister, Frances Anne Lynch Murphy.  His family prayerfully and gratefully thanks God for Jack?s long and good life. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2005, at 11 AM at Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home. A. S. Turner & Sons