In Memory of Betty Gruber Smith Penny Morse

In Memory of Betty Gruber Smith

By Penny Morse

Everyone has a story about Betty Smith and she and I had discussed a new project the Sunday evening before she left us. We were excited and sharing ideas. That project will still go ahead in her honor, and hopefully we will do her proud.

She was the life of the party, always ready to support a good cause and generous to a fault. She loved the equestrian community and had worked tirelessly making the Southeast Schooling Show Championships a success and promoting the Thoroughbred Makeover program. I was proud to call her my friend.

One of her talents was writing and this is an amusing article she wrote some years ago about her adventures in cross country volunteering. The picture is of her riding Sunny in the first SESSC.

I will miss her, but when I question what I am doing, I will always ask, what would Betty do. I am sad, and there will be a part of my life that will be just a little empty with her not in it, but when I do think about her it will be with a smile because she made a difference to all of us.