About Dr. Parsons

Herbert Lynn Parsons, M.D. was born December 23, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. His mother, Oneita Montgomery Parsons (1909-1997), reared her two sons in their West Tennessee home of Somerville. His father, Joel Herbert Parsons (1908-1959), an internationally renowned marksman, was employed by Winchester for over 30 years prior to his death in 1959. Film record of his legendary exhibition shooting is available on the VHS videotape Showman Shooter. Dr. Parsons as a young boy also appears in the Showman Shooter video with his dad. One younger brother, Dr. Jerry Parsons, is a prominent horticulturist who lives in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry is a professor and extension specialist with the Texas A & M University System.

Dr. Lynn Parsons is a 1969 graduate of the Tulane School of Medicine. He completed an internship and a four year general surgery residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Major Parsons then served in the military as Chief of Surgery and Chief of Hospital Services at the United States Air Force Hospital of the Air Training Command in Columbus, Mississippi. Dr. Parsons is a general surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and a member of numerous surgical societies.

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Since completion of surgery residency, Dr. Parsons has lived and practiced general surgery in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio. He currently is in solo practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County, after successfully defending himself against a non-compete (Restrictive Covenant) action by his former employer.

Dr. Parsons is a Life Member of The Amateur Trapshooting Association and enjoys clay target shooting (trap, skeet and sporting clays), hunting and tennis. He has two daughters, Melissa Ann Parsons Healy and Diana Lynn Parsons.

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