Kyle, Louisa Venable (1903-1999) | Sargeant Memorial Collection

Name: Kyle, Louisa Venable (1903-1999)

Historical Note: Louisa Carrington Venable Kyle was born on August 11, 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia. She married William Emmett Kyle on June 28, 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia. Kyle wrote local history articles in The Virginian-Pilot and The Portsmouth Star during the 1950s. She authored several non-fiction and fiction books from 1960-1993, including Little Neck Section of Princess Anne County, The Witch of Pungo, Ram Lam, My Virginia Childhood: The Years 1903-1914, A Country Woman's Scrapbook, and A Country Woman's Christmas. She was a founding member of the Princess Anne County Historical Society. Kyle was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach and she was also a member of National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Monday Club, and Princess Anne Garden Club. Kyle died on October 24, 1999 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and was buried at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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