ED LANDRUM
1962 - 1966
PILOT
GSW


Ed Landrum went to Braniff in 1966, then to Piedmont. 
First met Ed at the Greenwood, MS airport in '62 when we were both "puppy pilots". 
-Clyde Hart
(7/10/01)

Ed died last September of lung cancer.
He has a webpage in PDF format at
http://www.alpa.org/MEC/AAA/docs/newmectoday/archives/airwaves/aw0012/dedione120 0.pdf 
-Jake Lamkins
(7/10/01)

From what I heard, Ed didn't smoke. 
I heard that he'd caught something like black lung disease that went into cancer. 
He was a GOOD pilot. 
-Clyde Hart
(7/21/01)

While paging through the BN Obit Site today I ran across this bit about Ed "Catfish" Landrum. 
He was an easy-going nice guy from Mississippi whose manner and southern drawl earned him the nickname "Catfish".

Edward Barron Landrum 
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FORT WORTH -- Edward Barron Landrum, 61, was called home by his Lord and Savior on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2000. 
He died a very peaceful death after waging a courageous battle for two years with a very rare form of non-smoker's lung cancer.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 800 W. 5th St. in Fort Worth, 
followed by entombment in Sparkman/Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas.
Memorials: As he always lived his life in being concerned with helping others, 
he requested in lieu of flowers, that donations be made in his name to ALCASE 
(Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy Support and Education) P.O. Box 849, 
Vancouver, Wash., 98666. Phone: 800-298-2436, www.alcase.org. 
Edward Barron Landrum was born Oct. 12, 1938, in Greenwood, Miss., 
to Oscar Barron Landrum and Martha Louise Welles Landrum. 
He was a devoted and loving husband and father. 
Ed had a long and distinguished aviation career as an airline captain, beginning with Central Airlines, 
Braniff Airlines until its demise in 1982, then Piedmont Airlines, which merged with U.S. Air, which later became U.S. Airways. 
Ed was an advanced check airman in the USAirways flight training center in Charlotte, N.C., until his retirement in 1998. 
He was highly respected, as well as loved by his co-workers. 
Other than his family, which meant more to him than anything else in the world, 
his love was soaring, ham radios, and competition shooting. 
Ed was a very rare man who stood out among men.
"To fly west, my friend, is a flight we all must take for a final check." - Author unknown.
Survivors: Wife, Betty Landrum; sons, Edward Scott Landrum and Stephen Craig Landrum; 
mother-in-law, Dorothy Shreffler, whom he looked upon as a second mother. 
He also had a magical and unconditional relationship and love for a special little girl named Mystical Lady Chloe. 
-Frosty Frost
(11/11/07)

Thanks for the additional obit info.
I had a webpage built for Ed Landrum several years ago.
I will add the obituary to it.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/11/07)