Mr. Herbert Hoover Land, age 88, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at his home in Pace. Mr. Land was born in Santa Rosa County and was the ninth of ten children of the late Wylie and Effie Burkett Land.
Most of his career in the building and construction industry was in Northwest Florida except for a few years when he worked in the Atlanta, Georgia, area where he met and married Cathryn Virginia Cody.
Mr. Land is preceded in death by his wife, Cathryn; son, James Norman Land; and grandson, Kevin Patrick Land.
Mr. Land is survived by four of his five children, Wylie (Debbie) Land, Tony (Cheryl) Land, Sherry (Jerry Barron) Bass , Kathy (Robert) Alexander; daughter-in-law, Inkien Land; eleven grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; two sisters, Sybile Lee and Aileen Burgess; and one brother, Archie Ocee Land.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2017, at Lewis Funeral Home, Milton Chapel, with Pastor Mike Wiggins of Pine Terrace Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be held 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., prior to the service.