Herbert Lynn Parsons, M.D.

Herbert Lynn Parsons, M.D, age 69, passed away in the comfort of his home in Bellefontaine, Ohio on Friday morning, May 11, 2012.

Services for Dr. Parsons will be at the Graveside at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Somerville City Cemetery with Interment following. A visitation for Dr. Parsons will be from 1 until 2 Tuesday afternoon at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville. Arrangements are provided by the Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes and Cremation Center - Main Chapel of Somerville.

Dr. Parsons was born December 23, 1942 in Somerville, son of the late Joel Herbert Parsons and the late Oneita Montgomery Parsons.

After graduating a valedictorian of the 1961 class of Fayette County High School in his hometown of Somerville, he graduated cum laude from Southwestern at Memphis (Rhodes University).  Dr. Lynn Parsons was a 1969 graduate of the Tulane School of Medicine.  Major Parsons then served in the military as Chief of Surgery and Chief of Hospital Services at the United States Air Force Hospital of the Air Training Command in Columbus, Mississippi.  Dr. Parsons was a general surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and a member of numerous surgical societies.  He practiced surgery in Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio and worked at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio up until the time of his death.

Dr. Parsons was a Life Member of The Amateur Trapshooting Association and enjoyed clay target shooting (trap, skeet and sporting clays), hunting and tennis. He committed much of his time to preserving the memory and legacy of his late father ( www.showmanshooter.com ) who was one of the greatest exhibition shooters of all time.

Lynn is survived by his beloved daughters, Diana Lynn Parsons of Iron Station, NC, Melissa Parsons Healy (John Healy) of Charlottesville, VA; his twin grandsons, Thatcher William Healy, Duncan Joseph Healy of Charlottesville, VA; his former wife and friend, Charlotte Parsons of Wapakoneta, OH; his brother, Jerry Parsons (Carolyn Tapp Parsons) of San Antonio, TX. and several cousins and a host of friends and colleagues who played very important roles in his life.

The family requests that memorials be directed to the Trapshooting Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 281, Vandalia, Ohio, 45377.