Oak Grove Hunt

Contact Details

Primary Contact	Hon Sec Joyce McKibben
Prefered Contact	Joyce McKibben 1898 York Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, Email: jmckibbn@gmail.com.
Website	www.oakgrovehuntclub.com

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Hunt Details

Hunt Type:	Foxhounds
Hound Breed:	7 1/2 couples American, 3 couples Penn-Marydel, 1 couple Crossbred foxhounds
Hunt Quarry:	Drag lines or trails
Areas:	Tennessee
Kennel Address:	Holly Springs, MS
Counties:	Tennessee
Primary Country:	USA
Secondary Country:	TBC

Master(s)

Name:	Thomas C Brannon
Start Year:	1995
Address:	10420 Godwin Road, Arlington, TN 38022 Tel: (901) 829-4360 Email: ThomasTomBrannon@hotmail.com
Notes:	None
Name:	Peggy Hart
Start Year:	2008
Address:	Misty Meadows Farm, 264 Lakehill Cove, Byhalia, MS 38611 Tel: (662) 851-7122 Email: peggychart@gmail.com
Notes:	None
Name:	Amanda McGee,
Start Year:	2014
Address:	3622 Hudsonville Rd, Holly Springs, MS 38611, Tel: (901) 606-2119, Email: sandamcgee@mindspring.com
Notes:	None

Former Master(s)

Name:	Richard Watson 1999-2013
Start Year:	N/A
End Year:	N/A
Notes:
Name:	Raymond C. Firestone
Start Year:	1946
End Year:	1949
Notes:
Name:	Walter N. Foster
Start Year:	1946
End Year:	1949
Notes:
Name:	Winston E. Cheasrs
Start Year:	1949
End Year:	1950
Notes:
Name:	Claude H. McCormick
Start Year:	1949
End Year:	1950
Notes:
Name:	Bart P. Mueller
Start Year:	1950
End Year:	1951
Notes:
Name:	Oliver Anderson
Start Year:	1953
End Year:	1954
Notes:
Name:	Lomax Sprinfield, Jr.
Start Year:	1954
End Year:	1956
Notes:
Name:	Bart P. Mueller
Start Year:	1954
End Year:	1957
Notes:
Name:	Walter N. Foster
Start Year:	1956
End Year:	1957
Notes:
Name:	Claude H. McCormick
Start Year:	1957
End Year:	1973
Notes:
Name:	John Cleghorn
Start Year:	1959
End Year:	1962
Notes:
Name:	Mrs. Jack Erb
Start Year:	1962
End Year:	1973
Notes:
Name:	Robert E. Hall
Start Year:	1970
End Year:	1974
Notes:
Name:	Mark A. Harris
Start Year:	1974
End Year:	1976
Notes:
Name:	John W. Bowman
Start Year:	1976
End Year:	N/A
Notes:
Name:	William N. Taylor, III
Start Year:	1976
End Year:	N/A
Notes:
Name:	Charles Brady
Start Year:	1995
End Year:	2008
Notes:
Name:	Richard B Watson, Jr.
Start Year:	1999
End Year:	N/A
Notes:

Huntsman

Name:	Amanda McGee, MFH
Start Year:	N/A
End Year:	N/A
Address:	TBC
Notes:	Honorary

Former Huntsmen

Name:	Walter N. Foster MFH
Start Year:	1956
End Year:	1957
Address:	TBC
Notes:	None
Name:	Robert E. Hall
Start Year:	1972
End Year:	1974
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Richard Watson, MFH
Start Year:	2003
End Year:	N/A
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Oliver Anderson, MFH
Start Year:	1953
End Year:	1954
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Mike Burnette
Start Year:	1974
End Year:	1975
Address:
Notes:	Professional
Name:	Lomax Sprinfield, Jr. MFH
Start Year:	1954
End Year:	1956
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Claude H. McCormick MFH
Start Year:	1952
End Year:	1953
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Claude H. McCormick
Start Year:	1958
End Year:	1973
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Bart P. Mueller MFH
Start Year:	1954
End Year:	1957
Address:
Notes:
Name:	Bart P. Mueller MFH
Start Year:	1946
End Year:	1952
Address:
Notes:

Kennel Huntsmen

Name:

TBC

Whippers-in

Name:	Thomas C Brannon MFH, Peggy Hart MFH (hon) Dr. Barbara Henking; (hon) William Lackey;
Start Year:	N/A
End Year:	N/A
Address:	c/o Kennels or see masters
Notes:	None
Name:	Bill Lacey
Start Year:	2022
End Year:	N/A
Address:
Notes:

Secretary

Name:	Joyce McKibben
Start Year:	2020
End Year:	N/A
Address:	1898 York Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, Email: jmckibbn@gmail.com.
Notes:

Chairman

Name:

TBC

President

Name:

TBC

Other Roles

Role:

No Additonal Roles

Other Previous Roles

Role:	Secretary
Name:	Joyce McKibben
Start Year:	N/A
End Year:	2018
Notes:	None
Role:	Secretary
Name:	Dana Lackey
Start Year:	2018
End Year:	2022
Notes:	None

Other Information

Affiliations:	MFHA (America)
Subscription:	Contact Hon Sec
Meet:	Some weekdays and Saturdays. Visitors permitted to hunt - for details contact the Honorary Secretary, provide a negative coggins and sign a release.
Season:	Mid-September through mid-March
Uniform:	Scarlet, gray collar. Field: Black coat, gray collar. Evening: Scarlet, gray lapels and collar.
Other Notes:	Also hunt Red Fox, Grey Fox and Coyote

History of the Hunt

Start Year:	1946
End Year:	N/A
History:	Established 1946. Registered 1982. Recognized 2001. In the early 1940's a group of horse owners in Germantown, TN, East of Memphis, had the custom of meeting on Sunday afternoons to ride their horses around the area. They called themselves the Oak Grove Saddle Club. They became interested in fox hunting and with the leadership of Walter “Sonny” Foster, Raymond C. Firestone and others, Oak Grove Hunt Club was formed with a nucleus of riders from the saddle club. Oak Grove Hunt Club became established with the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America in 1946. Following the retirement of MFH, Neil Taylor, Huntsman for Oak Grove from 1976 to 2003, the Oak Grove Hunt Club merged with Fourth Bluff Hounds. Fourth Bluff Hounds leadership included Thomas Brannon, MFH and Huntsman Richard (Dickie) Watson, MFH. Fourth Bluff Hounds hunted in the Moscow, Tennessee and Hernando, Mississippi areas. Oak Grove had well established hunt territory near Collierville, TN and in Marshal County, MS. The merger opened up more territory for both hunts and was well received by both memberships Hounds went out 24 times last season.

Hunt Country

Hunt Country:

The country consists of the following fixtures: (1) North Marshall County, Mississippi - rolling, wooded and pasture land, fences consist of brush, poles, and coops. (2) Hudsonville, Mississippi - rolling woods and pastures, some row crop and open land, jumps are coops. (3) Chickasaw State Park in Tennessee - wooded with some open spaces. (4) Holly Spring National Forest in Mississippi - wooded with trails, lakes, open space and some row crop.

Updated

Last Updated:	2022-12-21 13:02:21
Reason for update:	N/A

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