Obituary of Richard O. Vanlandingham

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Submitted by Terri K. Pettit
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Richard O. Vanlandingham 
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 8, 1934 
Wounds Fatal to Vanlandingham: Son-in-Law, Charged With Shooting, Has Not 
Been Apprehended 
  Richard O. Vanlandingham, 61 years old, who was shot about the head 
with a shot gun said to have been in the hands of his son-in-law, Harlan 
Petit, at the former's home in the Moore's Ferry section on the night of 
February 14 of this year, died at his home late last Friday night, 
March 2, from the effect of his wounds. 
  Petit was arrested after the shooting and held in jail here pending 
the action of the grand jury, [which] returned an indictment against 
him on a charge of shooting with intent to kill, and was released on 
bond for his appearance at the May term of court. At that time it was 
thought that Mr. Vanlandingham would recover. Since the death of Mr. 
Vanlandingham officers have been unable to locate Petit. His bondsmen, 
however, are said to have promised to produce him to answer a charge 
of murder. 
  Mr. Vanlandingham was a native of this county and a member of a 
prominent and widely known family. He was a son of the late Stewart 
and Mary Ellen Vanlandingham, born March 1, 1873. Except for a few 
years spent in Fleming, his entire life was spent in Bath County. 
  Besides his widow, Mrs. Kate Vanlandingham, he is survived by 
five daughters, Mrs. Mary Ford, New Castle; Ind., Mrs. Eliza Wells, 
Mrs. Bessie Spurlock, Mrs. Ollie Petit and Miss Nora Vanlandingham, 
all of this county, two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Razor and Mrs. Elizabeth 
Ingram, and five brothers, Walter, Johnson, William, Albert and 
Greenberry Vanlandingham. 
  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, March 4, conducted 
by the Rev. H. S. Ficklin. Burial took place at the Hedricks graveyard. 
Submitted by Teri K. Pettit