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Florida historian, Fort Pierce native Kyle Van Landingham dies from swine flu
By Joe Crankshaw
Posted November 18, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
FORT PIERCE ? Prominent Florida historian and former Okeechobee County Attorney Kyle Van Landingham died Tuesday from the swine flu virus, also known as the H1N1 virus, in Colorado. He was a sixth-generation Floridian, native of Fort Pierce, and a member of an influential Treasure Coast family.
His death was confirmed by a cousin, Mary Beth Pickney of Fort Pierce. ?He was in the hospital about a week. He had high blood pressure and pancreatitis and I guess the swine flu was too much for him,? she said.
Van Landingham was the author of four books on regional history, one of which, ?A Pictorial History of St. Lucie County,? recently was reprinted by the St. Lucie Historical Society and is on sale locally.
?That is a shame,? said Brad Culverhouse, St. Lucie Historical Society president. ?He was my cousin and a wonderful historian. He was a good lawyer but his passion was Florida history. He was a fountain of knowledge on that subject.?
Born in Fort Pierce, Van Landingham graduated from Dan McCarty High School, received a bachelor?s degree from Maryville College in Tennessee, and a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
He served as Okeechobee County Attorney for about 10 years, ending in 1987, and moved to Colorado three years later.
In a 1985 interview with the Miami Herald, Van Landingham credited his love of history to his grandparents and two St. Lucie County school teachers, Olive Dame Petersen, a past president of the Florida Historical Society, and Ada Cotes Williams. He wrote a book on his family?s genealogy at age 15.
In addition to the ?Pictorial History of St. Lucie County,? he wrote ?Pioneer Families of the Kissimmee River? with Alma Hetherington, ?Florida Cousins? and ?The Descendants of William H. Willingham.?
He was a member of the board of directors of the Florida Historical Society for several years, and was a life member of the St. Lucie Historical Society.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Florida historian, Fort Pierce native Kyle Van Landingham dies from swine flu
By Joe Crankshaw
Posted November 18, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
FORT PIERCE ? Prominent Florida historian and former Okeechobee County Attorney Kyle Van Landingham died Tuesday from the swine flu virus, also known as the H1N1 virus, in Colorado. He was a sixth-generation Floridian, native of Fort Pierce, and a member of an influential Treasure Coast family.
His death was confirmed by a cousin, Mary Beth Pickney of Fort Pierce. ?He was in the hospital about a week. He had high blood pressure and pancreatitis and I guess the swine flu was too much for him,? she said.
Van Landingham was the author of four books on regional history, one of which, ?A Pictorial History of St. Lucie County,? recently was reprinted by the St. Lucie Historical Society and is on sale locally.
?That is a shame,? said Brad Culverhouse, St. Lucie Historical Society president. ?He was my cousin and a wonderful historian. He was a good lawyer but his passion was Florida history. He was a fountain of knowledge on that subject.?
Born in Fort Pierce, Van Landingham graduated from Dan McCarty High School, received a bachelor?s degree from Maryville College in Tennessee, and a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
He served as Okeechobee County Attorney for about 10 years, ending in 1987, and moved to Colorado three years later.
In a 1985 interview with the Miami Herald, Van Landingham credited his love of history to his grandparents and two St. Lucie County school teachers, Olive Dame Petersen, a past president of the Florida Historical Society, and Ada Cotes Williams. He wrote a book on his family?s genealogy at age 15.
In addition to the ?Pictorial History of St. Lucie County,? he wrote ?Pioneer Families of the Kissimmee River? with Alma Hetherington, ?Florida Cousins? and ?The Descendants of William H. Willingham.?
He was a member of the board of directors of the Florida Historical Society for several years, and was a life member of the St. Lucie Historical Society.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.