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and fields burst with white and pink blossoms began when she served on the Washington Town Council, according to Ruby. Elected as a member of the town’s all-woman government in 1950. she was a prime mover in Washington’s clean-up and beautification program and decided it could be expanded past the town limits. Noticing the thousands of dogwoods that grew wild in the county’s forests, she talked her bosses into digging up a few and giving them away to anyone willing to replant the trees. Later, as her flowering reforestation program grew in popularity. Ruby ordered young dogwoods from professional nurseries for sale at a nominal price to local residents and expanded offerings to include redbuds and Chinese chestnuts. Each March, thousands of trees planted under her prodding add to the splendor of spring time in Rappahannock.
Ruby leaves behind other monuments to her 41 years at the extension office. According to county agent
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