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Jill Gardner,
662-801-9385
co-owner of Second Home Keepers. I grew up in Oxford, received a business and magazine journalism degree from Ole Miss in 1987 and married Kevin Gardner of Jackson, MS a year later. We hopped around the South for the next ten years. Our first child, Sarah Gaines, was born in Little Rock; second came Wilson – born in Jackson; and finally the tug back to Oxford called us home, where Andrew was born.

During college I worked (and played) at Oxford Floral Company. For the past fifteen years, I have operated a cottage industry of personalized stationery out of my home. Now that our children are all school-aged, I’m ready to take on second home keeping!

Kevin and I have enjoyed the changes to Oxford… the Oxford we left in 1988 was far different from the one we came back to in 1997. So much vitality and growth, so many new young families, and SO many second home owners!

I’ve watched excited (but pooped) second home owners dashing to the grocery at 7:45 Friday night, game weekend, grabbing milk and muffins for their breakfasts the next morning and strawberries for the grove, trying to get checked out and home to make it to 8:00 dinner reservations on the square. That’s why Second Home Keepers was born! We want to do all that buzzing for you, the visiting homeowner, before you arrive. It’s gratifying to think that your arrival and stay will be easy because we took care of the details.

I look forward to getting to know you!

Terri Sanford
662-801-0516
As co-owner of Second Home Keepers, I consider it a privilege to serve you during your frequent trips to our great town of Oxford.

I have been married to Doug Sanford for 18 years and we have two wonderful daughters, Anna Kathryn and Meredith. My daughters were both born in Nashville, Tennessee during my husband’s pediatric residency at Vanderbilt. Since we both grew up in Mississippi; he in Jackson and I in Yazoo City, and both graduated from Ole Miss in 1985, we had a strong desire to return to the state- but which part? We had loved our years in Oxford and with Baptist Hospital recruiting Doug for pediatrics in an under-served area - we were thrilled. We were going HOME!

We have been back in Oxford for 10 years. Now that our children are older, I have time to devote to a new business. What’s better than helping people enjoy Oxford as much as we do? Second Home Keepers wasn’t started with new friends, my husband has known Kevin since the second grade, and I met Jill and Kevin during college. We see each other often around town and are all members of Christ Presbyterian Church.

Oxford has really grown and changed over the last ten years. We have loved the great dinner spots, wonderful breakfast eateries, SEC sports, performing arts, visual arts, rich literary history, educational opportunities, low crime rate, and little traffic… I love to brag about my town!

I realize we know things about Oxford that a casual visitor does not. All this makes it easy for us to help you transition to our wonderful community for the weekend or week. We would like to have the privilege of doing that for you and your family. SEE YOU IN OXFORD!