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A murderer’s bullet in 1967 ended the life of a local doctor who had practiced in Rappahannock, Fauquier and Warren Counties since the age of 21.
Dr. William E. Lynn died in the driveway of his Huntly home in a case that has never been solved.
He is remembered in all three counties as a doctor who cheerfully made house calls, accepted produce for payment, and treated migrant workers free of charge.
Dr. Lynn embarked on his medical career in 1929 at the age of 15, when he went off to the University of Virginia. By 1935 he had graduated and set up an office in Front Royal.
A child’s death on the way to the hospital in Winchester troubled him greatly and he became convinced of the need for hospital facilities closer to his rural patients.
By 1939 he had founded and built the Front Royal Hospital. He was 25 years old. He later sold the hospital to the town of Front Royal.
His widow, Clydetta Lynn, recalled one outbreak of flu while he was practicing. “He made fifty or more house calls in one day,” she remembers, “only stopping long enough to eat. He would leave in early morning and come back at midnight.”
Dr. Lynn’s house calls were not limited to easily accessible townspeople. Early in his career he befriended an elderly horse trainer who showed him the trails and back roads traveled by the mountain people. Dr. Lynn put a bed in his office for his older friend to use at night and it was there that the old man died.
Mrs. Lynn remembers other examples of her husband’s tireless charity work. Migrant workers in all three counties knew they could come to Dr. Lynn for treatment without charge. Sometimes they would leave produce, fresh eggs or chickens in return, but nothing was required.
The Lynn family took in a homeless black child raised him and sent him to college. Over the years! they also took in a long-time nurse of the doctor’s and cared for her until she died of a brain tumor
During World War II, Dr. Lynn’s intentions to join the armed services met with opposition from local citizens who successfully petitioned for his assignment to the county.
Dr. Lynn s heart attack at the age of 44 occasioned his move to his mother’s home, Trinity Manor, in Huntly. He was a familiar figure at his favorite eating place, the Cherry Tree and Hatchet, once operated where the Episcopal Church lot now stands in Washington.
Mrs. Lynn recalls that he was loved by all he served, with a bedside manner calm and reassuring. He was especially loved by children and Wakefield School in Huntly founded by his son, William E. Lynn, Jr., is dedicated to him.
He continued to practice in all three counties, often dropping, in unexpectedly on elderly people.'He was the Warren County Coroner for years, held this office at his death at age 52. A shocked community offered a reward for his murderer, but to no avail.
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