Maryland Will Miss (Equiery Obituaries)
Maryland will miss Humpy Stump
The Equiery extends its sincerest condolences to Maryland steeplechase trainer Alicia Murphy, whose father (a longtime member of the Green Spring Valley Hounds), A. Herman (Humpy) Stump, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Alicia’s mother, Louise Warfield Stump, died on December 31, 2012. Funeral services for Mr. Stump will be held at St. John’s [...]
Maryland will miss Steuart Pittman, Senior
UPDATED 2/15/13 There will be a public memorial service for Steuart Pittman, Sr. on Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m. at the Marlborough Hunt Club, 5904 Green Landing Rd. Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. On the evening of Sunday, February 10, 2013, the patriarch of Dodon Farm (Davidsonville), Steuart Pittman, Sr. died unexpectedly, yet peacefully. He was 93 [...]
Maryland will miss Dayspring’s Miss Richardson
One of Maryland’s revered riding instructors, Joyce Richardson (77), died November 30 of complications from a stroke and was memorialized this past Saturday, December 15, 2013 at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Timonium. Miss Richardson began teaching riding lessons in 1956. In 1965, she founded Dayspring Riding School in the Phoenix-Jarrettsville area of Baltimore County. Miss Richardson [...]
Maryland will miss award winning journalist Joe Kelly
The Maryland racing community lost one of its most prominent members when award-winning journalist and racing historian Joseph B. Kelly passed away Monday at Stella Maris Rehabilitation and Hospice after a short battle with cancer. He was 94 years old. A lifelong resident of Baltimore, Joe Kelly covered horse racing for nearly 70 years. He [...]
Maryland will miss Thoroughbred breeder & former MD Senate Secretary Oden Bowie
Grandson of a Maryland governor of the same name, Oden Bowie was born, raised and lived his entire life on the family farm Fairview in the Prince George’s town of Bowie. Under his stewardship, Fairview transitioned from a traditional tabacco farm to a sod farm. Like his forbearers, he bred and raced Thoroughbreds. Mr. Bowie [...]
Maryland will miss Frances Ann Merryman
UPDATE MONDAY OCTOBER 24, 2012: Due to today’s weather, Services for Frances Ann Merryman have been moved to Tuesday at noon, at Immaculate Conception Church (link below). Suddenly on Wednesday October 24, 2012 Frances Ann (nee Miller) Merryman, age 57, of Lutherville. Frances was the proprietor of Tack n Trot Riding Academy. She was the wife [...]
Maryland will miss beloved 4-H Leader Shirley Geis
UPDATED 10/17/12 It is with heavy heart that we report that beloved 4-H leader Shirley Geis (Clarksville) died September 19. She would have been 83 on September 21. We extend our deepest condolences to her son, farrier Dean Geis, Dean’s wife Lori, and to all the members and alumni of the Spur & Stirrups 4-H [...]
Death of equine photographer Sarah Libbey Greenhalgh officially homicide
UPDATE 10/17/12 The autopsy reports have come back. According to the Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office, Sarah’s murderer killed her with a gunshot to her neck. No arrests have been made. (Fauquier Now) Sarah’s mother, Poolesville resident Sara Lee Greenhalgh, was interviewed by WJLA TV Channel 7 on October 10, 2012. “Sarah’s Story” (The Equiery, August 2012) [...]
Maryland Equine Photographer & Reporter Sarah Libbey Greenhalgh Perishes in Fire
UPDATE 10/17/12 The autopsy reports have come back. According to the Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office, Sarah’s murderer killed her with a gunshot to her neck. No arrests have been made. (Fauquier Now) Sarah’s mother, Poolesville resident Sara Lee Greenhalgh, was interviewed by WJLA TV Channel 7 on October 10, 2012. “Sarah’s Story” (The Equiery, August 2012) ORIGINAL STORY: Equine photographer, [...]
Remembering Jim Ligon
James K. Ligon of Sandy Spring died on June 4 after a brief battle with cancer. Jim was a graduate B pony clubber and past US Pony Club Board of Governors President (1978-1980 and 1987-1990). His family was one of the founding members of the Redland Hunt Pony Club and he also helped start the [...]
