Port St. Lucie 50th Anniversary
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New homes in the fledgling Port St.
Lucie were affordable. Real estate
agents targeted New York retirees as
potential home buyers, which later
evolved into young families.
St. Augustine. His immigrant grandfather
worked as a toolmaker and his father as a
blacksmith. Both wanted young Bob, the
oldest of six siblings, to get an education
and succeed with his head rather than his
hands. After graduating from college at
East Tenn. State University in Johnson City,
Tenn., Bob moved with his new bride, L. M.
“Butch” Pardue Post, a Johnson City native,
to Fort Lauderdale in 1967.
Bob had planned to be a teacher, but
those plans changed because of the social
turmoil in the school system. Instead, he
became involved in sales, and then, in
late 1968, he took a job as claims adjuster
for State Farm Insurance. The couple had
a busy life in Fort Lauderdale with two
young children: their first daughter, Kathy,
and their son, Rob. “After living in a small
Tennessee town, I was really enjoying the
big-city life,” says Butch.
The first time the Posts heard about
Port St. Lucie was at a sales event in South
Florida. “We heard a promotion about getting
a free dinner and decided to attend,”
says Bob. “During the dinner, they showed
us a video about Port St. Lucie.” The couple
enjoyed the meal but never gave Port St.
Lucie a second thought.
But then fate took another turn.
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