Memory of Alex Lynam Lives in Father's Photo
Alex Lynam's father Ken remembers the happy memories of his son as a drum major. Alex was killed in a head-on traffic crash on June 1. The other driver in the crash recently faced charges in Pinellas County Traffic Court.
Alex Gregory Lynam was once a drum major in the marching band at Dunedin Highland Middle School. That's how his parents Ken and Nancy Lynam remember him: stoic, beaming in his Tartan marching band uniform in front of a "Welcome to Dunedin" sign one sunny day in 1999. "I'm very proud of it, and of the memories of my handsome, talented son," Ken Lynam said in an email the same day the driver in the head-on crash that caused his son's death would face traffic charges in Pinellas County Court. Alex Lynam was heading south driving a 2008 ZLMI Scooter on Bayshore Boulevard late on June 1. Shirley A. Gil was driving north in her 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis. Gil, 73, began to turn left at Baywood Drive North. Lynam crashed head-on into her. The …
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ann laferriere
10:07 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Dear Nancy, Your son will always be in my memories. I hope you got the message I sent to this message board last week and know how much your son affected my life. I am so upset to hear that the woman who hit your son is not being prosecuted. Although I did not see the accident, I ran out of my home within seconds of the sound of the crash to still see the woman's car rolling to a stop. I cannot … more ›