Photo courtesy of Baltimore Sun. On May 3, 2010, Cockeysville resident Sharon Love was eagerly anticipating the graduation of her 22-year-old daughter, Yeardley, from the University of Virginia. But early that morning, she received a knock on her door. On the other side of the door were police officers, who informed her that her daughter had been found dead. Yeardley’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, George Huguely V, would soon be arrested, charged with beating her to death, and sentenced to 23 years in prison. The murder of her daughter could have handed Sharon Love a life-sentence of personal grief. But she had bigger, better plans. Mere weeks after receiving this devastating news, Sharon Love and her eldest daughter Lexie founded in Yeardley’s memory the One Love Foundation. “One” represented the number that Yeardley proudly wore on her jersey as a member of UVA’s Varsity lacrosse team. What began primarily as an effort to… Read More
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