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her family of four boys were grown and away from home. She says she’ll go on working as long as she’s able, but even after she is retired, she’ll keep busy. “I’ve worked so long in the cafeteria, I don’t know what else I’d do,” she says. “It fills my time.” When asked how it feels to be 66 years old, she said, “Sometimes it feels like more than 66 years, but I really don’t think about it much.” Last week Mrs. Graves celebrated three major events: 16 years on the job at RCES, her 66th birthday which will be this Saturday and her golden wedding anniversary. She says that she was totally surprised by the attention which she got at school: “Nobody had said anything about it.”
The cafeteria had a beautiful decorated cake for her and the children gave her a set of 50th wedding anniversary glasses; she also received gifts of money. She was caught unaware. She had forgotten that all these events came at once so close together. Perhaps the biggest shock came from the wedding presents. She and her husband had already celebrated their 45th anniversary with a party and weren’t planning anything special for their 50th. So when the children remembered, and the cake was presented, it was a particularly happy occasion for her.
When Mr. and Mrs. Graves came to Rappahannock from Greene County, they lived in the Amissville area. It wasn't until Mrs. Graves began to work at the school that they moved to the house that they live in now just west of Washington. She says that she really loves it in Rappahannock County, and wouldn’t want to move again at all.
When they left Greene
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