Cynthia Walker

Cynthia Jordan Walker CHESAPEAKE - Cynthia Hope Jordan Walker of Lakeshore Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in her residence. She was born in Portsmouth Sept. 23, 1954. Cynthia always loved horses and animals from a young age. She was a member of the Churchland 4-H Horse and Pony Club and was president for two years. A graduate of Western Branch High School, she attended Southern Seminary College in Buena Vista, Va. When she graduated, she came home and started a riding school at her farm "Quiet Acres Farm" on Portsmouth Boulevard and took her students to horse shows all over the state. After a number of years, she closed her school and took her Gelding "Stowaway" on the A Circuit from Florida to the Grand National Horse Show in New York City winning all the way. She judged horse shows and held riding clinics in the area for many years. She helped form the Virginia Beach Horse Show Association and was their president. Cynthia obtained her real estate license and developed Riverbend in Chesapeake. She was an agent for Prudential Realty for several years. She worked at the family's tack shop, Quiet Shoppe Saddlery, until the shop closed in January of this year. She is survived by her parents, Stanley H. and Barbara Jopson Jordan of Chesapeake. She was predeceased by a brother, Charles "Chuck" Jordan. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Tom Potter. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. and other times at 3802 Pine Grove Circle, Chesapeake. Memorial donations may be made to EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding Program, 2626 Heritage Park Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. www.SturtevantFuneralHome.com.