Lynn Stallings
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Lynn Walter Stallings Jr. was born in Beaumont, Texas on August 7, 1931, the son of Lynn Walter Stallings and Lella Wilson Stallings. Surrounded by family, Lynn passed into the arms of the Lord in Dallas on April 3, 2022. He was ninety years old. Lynn was a loving husband, father of three and grandfather of four, who loved the church, his family and friends, and worked to support all those who needed him.
After completing high school, Lynn went on to earn his degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University in 1952 as a member of the Corps of Cadets as well as the Ross Volunteers. Lynn went into the Army and served in Korea as a First Lieutenant, earning a Bronze Star. After leaving the Army, Lynn started work at the Sea Breeze, Texas oil field for Sun Oil.
On April 14, 1958, he went on a blind date in Beaumont, Texas that forever changed his life as he met Mary Virginia (Ginger) Winters. A whirlwind five-month courtship followed and the two were married on September 14, 1958 at the Baptist Student Center on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Ginger's alma mater). After marriage they returned to Beaumont where they joined the First Methodist Church. Sons Thomas Lynn (July 3, 1959), Benjamin Blair (August 30, 1961) and daughter Melissa (April 16, 1963) were born and baptized by Rev. Dr. (later Bishop) John Wesley Hardt. Lynn and Ginger's development of their children resulted in all three graduating from Texas A&M University, with Tom graduating in 1982, Ben in 1985 and Melissa in 1985.
Lynn's career in the oil and gas business took the family to Houston in 1970, Longview in 1974, Plano in 1976 and to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1978. In 1983 the family moved to Dallas where he resided until his passing. In each of the moves, the family remodeled their home, supported by Lynn's passion for the effort with the designs from Ginger. In Dallas, Lynn and Ginger were very active in Lovers Lane UMC, and were key contributors to the development of Promise house for troubled teens, and to the construction and founding of Christ's Foundry United Methodist Mission.
Beginning in 1978, Lynn and Ginger enjoyed traveling the world together the world over - visiting the British Isles (six times), Greece (twice), Italy (twice), Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, the Danube from the Black Sea thru the Main Canals and up to the Rhine to Berlin, Russia, Finland, Switzerland and the Mediterranean Islands, Turkey (twice), Egypt, United Arab Emirates - Dubai & Abu Dhabi. For their 50th anniversary in 2008, they traveled to Israel and Jordan. Lynn also undertook teaching in Indonesia, and mission trips to Honduras.
Lynn's love of his family and dedication to his faith and church were the pillars of his life.
Lynn was preceded in death by the love of his life, wife Ginger of 58 years in 2016, and his mother and father. He is survived by his son Thomas Lynn, daughter-in law Sheila and their children Mary and Arthur; his son Benjamin Blair, daughter-in-law Jan and their children Michael and Mallory; and daughter Melissa. A big part of Lynn's family included his sister-in-law Lisa Rose Winters Henson and her husband Robert; and cousin Herbert "Butch" Etheridge and wife Lynda Cribbs Etheridge.
"Lynn is what a family patriarch should be: wise, kind, smart, patient, welcoming, empathetic, nurturing, supportive, loving and always consistent in all of the aforementioned attributes. He will be missed by the many who were touched by knowing him"
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church at 9200 Inwood Rd. The family requests donations in his memory be made to Christ's Foundry United Methodist Mission, 9891 Webb Chapel Rd, Dallas, Texas 75220, or the organization of your choice.