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With Eva as hostess, the side room in the old clerk’s building has doubled for years' as the regular meeting place for brown baggers at lunch time. Everyone brings their own sandwiches and drinks except the deputy clerk—who brings her own and then some. It might be cheesecake, an apple pie or a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Whatever the surprise treat for the day, it’s always scrumptious and always shared with anyone who joins the group.
Ex-Rappahannockers who return to the county for a visit stop by the office to pay their respects to Eva. Whether the long trip back home started from Texas, California or Maine, .they seldom leave without saying hello and getting a rundown on the latest happenings.
For 18 years, Eva Smith has been a one-woman chamber of commerce, putting the county’s best face forward to visitors and natives alike.
Born near Grottoes in the Shenandoah Valley, she came to Rappahannock with her husband, Galley W. Smith Jr., in 1941 to start a lumber business here. After his death in 1960, she began her career in the clerk’s office as a parttime worker under clerk Jimmie Settle and was officially made deputy clerk in January, 1962. - ■
early 1963 with Ruth Stevens slated to fill the vacancy but Miss Stevens died unexpectedly just before Christmas and Eva Smith was named acting clerk for a month and a half before Ned Jones took over the job.
She served under Jones for 14 of her 18 years as deputy. “He is the greatest person. So
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