Born: March 27, 1924, Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Died: October 24, 2007, King’s Daughters Medical Center, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Buried: New Salem Church of Christ, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Lynwood was the son of Rance and Lillian Mae Smith.
He attended the Stamps Quartet School of Music in Dallas, Texas, in the 1940’s.
He helped found the Gospel Lamplighters quartet, and served as a Church of Christ evangelist.