STORK REPORT
Bodon Bragdell was born to Michael and T eresa Bragdell of Hilltop Farm on May 24.
ON THE MEND
Maryland Will Miss... Morris Lee Krome of Persimmon Tree Farm died on June 11. Krome was a retired Maryland
State Police Major and was 79 years old at the time of his death. He married hunter/jumper trainer Carolyn Dudley Krome 55 years ago. Born in Baltimore, Krome was a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He served in the Army National Guard from 1962-1968 and then joined the Maryland State Police where he was promoted through the ranks to Major. He served as the commander of the MSP Personnel Management Division and retired as the Assistant Chief to the Administrative Bureau. With Carolyn, Krome trained show horses and engaged in conservation farming. Sheila Graham Heider of Virginia died on May 23 at the age of 81. Born in Washington State, Heider moved to the Washington, DC, area and met her future husband, Albert Henry Heider. T ey spent most of their life together in Loudoun County where they raised fi ve daughters. T e family owned and operated Heider’s Country Store and Nurseries until 2018. T ey supplied the fl owers and other plants for the Washington International Horse Show for decades. Heider also showed horses most of her life and taught lessons as well. She was an avid foxhunter and bred T or- oughbred show horses and Welsh ponies. She also judged at many shows in Maryland and Virginia. Long-time horse owner Florence Mae Smallwood of Woodbine died on June 10. She was 69. Louise White Christmas died on June 26 at her Monkton farm. She was 84. Born in Baltimore,
Christmas was a graduate of the Calvert School and Garrison Forest School. As a teen, Christmas showed regularly and won often. She also galloped racehorses at local tracks most mornings. It was while galloping at Pimlico Race Course that she met her future husband, William “Billy” Christ- mas. T ey were marred for 66 years. As a wedding present, her father-in-law gave her the choice of dining room furniture or a horse, and she chose Bogie Man, who went on to win 20 races for Christmas. Christmas raised four sons while helping to manage the family’s horse breeding farm and train T oroughbred racehorses. With her husband, Christmas also ran Maryland Sales Agency, a T oroughbred auction company for most of the 1980s and early 1990s.
A speedy recovery to foxhunter Mary Siegfried who recently had foot surgery and polo player/MHC president Neil Agate who broke his foot earlier this summer.
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