MSG Earl James Lynch, U.S. Army (Retired) died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Womack Army Medical Center. A Funeral Service will be held Friday at 12:00 noon at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery Chapel with Military Honors. Mr. Lynch was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Duncan Lynch, and his oldest son, Earl James Lynch, Jr. Surviving are his sons, Jay Thomas Lynch and wife, Hilary, Steven Andrew Lynch and wife, Nichole, all of Fayetteville; daughters, Pamela Susan Frei and husband, John of Grand Rapids, MI, Donna Margaret Rice and husband, Kenneth of Fayetteville; brothers, Marvin and Bobby Lynch of FL; sister, Mosilea Davis of FL; 12 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; 2 great, great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. Friday at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home.