Celebrate Life: Guy Blynn Memorial Service - January 10, 2015

Celebrating the Life of Guy Blynn

May 26, 1945 – December 17, 2014

Please join family and friends to remember Guy and celebrate a life lived to the fullest.

When: Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 5:00 pm

Where: Reynolds Place located in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
251 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (Limited onsite parking is available. Street parking is also available in close proximity to the venue.)

There will be an opportunity for anyone who so desires to share a memory of Guy at the service. Additionally, we are preparing a slide show and are hoping to collect photos from all areas and times of his life. If you have a photo you would like to include, please send it to Sarah Blynn (email: sacastro28@gmail.com or text: 202.262.1337).

We are forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received during this difficult time, and we thank you for that. Many have been kind enough to inquire about making a donation to one of the causes that Guy worked tirelessly to support. If you are so inclined, please consider making a contribution to one of the following organizations in Guy’s memory:

• Blynn Holocaust Collection: https://foundation.forsythtech.edu/ Once on this page, you can create a login or click on Make a Gift on the left side. To designate to the Blynn Collection, under Designation, click Other and then type “Blynn Collection.”
• Glen Canyon Institute: http://www.glencanyon.org/donate
• Anti-Defamation League: https://secure2.convio.net/adl/site/SPageNavigator/donation-api/donation_form_single_main_1.html
• University of Pennsylvania Wrestling Program: https://giving.apps.upenn.edu Choose
  “Athletics” in the “General Area” dropdown, then “Varsity” in the “Program” dropdown,
  then “Wrestling” in the “Specific Fund” dropdown.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dan (336.403.1512/dsblynn@gmail.com), Harlan (301.379.3622/hblynn@gmail.com), Aaron (336.403.4278/asblynn@gmail.com), or Sarah (202.262.1337/sacastro28@gmail.com).

Guy Marc Blynn

Guy Marc Blynn, 69, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully shortly after 6:00 pm at Forsyth Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.

Guy was a long-time Winston-Salem resident.  The son of S. Jerry and Viola Blynn, he grew up on Long Island, playing “stoop-ball” with his friends and selling hotdogs at Jones Beach in the summers.  He earned merit scholarships to and put himself through the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard Law School.  He always taught the value of hard work.  He served as a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for years; he tirelessly volunteered in the local community and sat on a number of advisory boards.  He was generous with his time and resources, and always quick to offer a hand to those in need.  He taught intellectual property law to Wake Forest law students; he lectured on the Holocaust at Forsyth Tech Community College (the library of which houses the Blynn Holocaust Collection).  He was a prolific author and lecturer.  He never retreated from championing potentially unpopular causes, often giving a voice to those who could not speak for themselves – such was his disposition.  He loved the outdoors, Arsenal Football Club, and reading.  He loved playing softball and basketball with the guys on the Louis Friedman Athletic Club.  He loved his daughter-in-law, Sarah Castro Blynn and his closest friends, “Uncle Louie” and Bonnie, just to name a few.  He loved his friends near and far, those who he had seen yesterday and those he had not seen for years.  He loved life.  He was many things to many people.  Most importantly, though, he was the father to three boys – Dan (36), Harlan (33), and Aaron (30) – who survive him and love him very much.  Always.
The funeral service was held on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Winston-Salem (1600 block of Utica Street); a memorial service  to celebrate Guy's life will follow on January 10, 2015. Additional details will be shared soon.