Lottie Brodnax Lynd

Mrs. Lottie Brodnax Lynd, age 100, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, June 21, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Lynd was born in Bastrop, LA., lived on the coast most of her life, and had lived in Ocean Springs since 1941. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend and a compassionate person whose family was the joy of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Ernest Lynd, parents, Newton Brodnax, Clara Brodnax-Hall and stepfather, Robert M. Hall, six brothers and three sisters. Mrs. Lynd's memory will be cherished by a daughter, Louise (Pat) Murphy, son, Gerald E. Lynd, five grandchildren, Tom (Bonnie) Murphy, Jim (Deborah) Murphy, Dan (Janice) Murphy, and Kathleen and Jenny Lynd, three great-grandsons, Patrick (Jamie) Murphy, and Sean and Kyle Murphy, great-great-grandson, Owen Patrick Murphy, and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Thursday, June 24, 2010, from 10 am until 11 am, with an 11 am chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Biloxi City Cemetery.