Amos Hollingsworth Lynch Sr (1925 - 2015)

Born 5 Jun 1925 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Died 24 Jul 2015 at age 90 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Amos Lynch Sr is Notable.

Amos Hollingsworth Lynch helped start the Ohio Sentinel, publisher of the Columbus Call and Post and Columbus Post newspapers; as well as a community activist, Founder of the Martin Luther King Jr Annual Breakfast and member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Amos Hollingsworth Lynch Sr was born on June 5, 1925 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States. His parents were Dr Herston Hannibal Lynch (1892 - 1967) and Beadie (Hollingsworth) Lynch (1898 - 1987).

His siblings were...

1. Herston Hannibal Lynch Jr (1924 - 1925)
2. Ernestine Genevieve Lynch (1927 - 1929)
3. Frank Lynch (1928 - 1929)
4. Nelson David Lynch (1930 - 2016)
5. Orville Cotrell Lynch Sr. (1931 - 2020)
6. Jevelyn Ann (Lynch) Bonner (1933 - living)
7. David Eugene Lynch (1935 - 2019)
8. Hugh Lynch (~1939 - living)

Amos died on July 24, 2015 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States aged 90.^[1]

The life of newspaper publisher Amos H. Lynch Sr. was focused on uplifting the black community and ensuring opportunity for everyone. His death on Friday at age 90 diminishes all of central Ohio.

Amos was an Editor.

His newspapers offered a pulpit for the civil-rights movement, and he was a mentor to many who went on to great success and shaped the city of Columbus, Ohio.

Lynch started three papers in Columbus: the Ohio Sentinel, in 1949; the Call and Post, in 1962; and the Columbus Post, in 1995. He played a highly visible role in the black and white communities, saying he felt a duty to call for better job opportunities for blacks and integration into schools and housing.

He best summarized his life during his 2011 induction into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame, saying, “I learned early in my life that the written word is the most powerful tool for acquiring civil rights for all, and that newspapers were the best method for getting the word out.”

Predeceased by his beloved wife, Geraldine Anderson Lynch; beloved son, Amos H. Lynch, Jr; parents, Herston Lynch and Beadie Hollingsworth Lynch; and brothers, Herston Lynch, Jr, Frank Lynch; and sister, Ernestine Genevieve Lynch.

Amos leaves to cherish his memory his beloved daughter, Amosizinna Scott; beloved son, David (Stephanie) Lynch; brothers, Nelson Lynch; Orville Lynch and Gwendolyn Reese Lynch, David E. E. Lynch, Huey M. (Jeanette) Lynch; sister, Javlin Lynch Bonner; 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.diehlwhittaker.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/2200455/lynch-amos/obituary.php

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 October 2020), memorial page for Amos Hollingsworth Lynch (5 Jun 1925–24 Jul 2015), Find A Grave: Memorial #149912777, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Deborah Zimmerman McCoy (contributor 48532607) .

See Also:

• The Columbus Dispatch, https://www.dispatch.com/article/20150724/NEWS/307249680
• The King Arts Complex, https://kingartscomplex.com/we-mourn-the-loss-of-the-godfather-mr-amos-lynch/