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Former Murray mayor put his mark on city's recreation landmarks

If there is a person whose name could conceivably be considered synonymous with the city he served it would be Lynn Pett, and the city would be Murray.

Pett, who worked for Murray city most of his life and served as mayor for two terms during the 1990s, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 76.

He died at 5 p.m., the designated time each Sunday that he and his family would gather for dinner, said his grandson Brady.

During that time, he oversaw the development of the Ken Price Ballpark, the Murray City Park, the Jordan River Parkway and the Murray Parkway Golf Course, which was renamed in 2000 the Lynn F.