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Huff, a native of Rappahannock, drove a regular bus route for ten years before beginning work as a mechanic in 1962. He doesn't recall exactly when he was made transportation superintendent and isn’t overly impressed with the title. “It was when Mutt (Atkins) quit. Whenever that was. That I didn't want. It's more or less just a name."

Huffs title as transportation superintendent might be mostly honorary but there's no doubt as to his skills as a mechanic. Working in a drafty, run down bus shop, lying on his back on a cement floor that’s colder than ice in the winter. Allie has kept the bus fleet running smoothly. It's a tribute to his talents that when the sheriffs department got county cars last year, the first place Sheriff W. A. Buntin looked for a mechanic was the school bus shop.

He’s proud of the safety record his buses and drivers have set. noting that he can't remember when any of the fleet’s vehicles were involved in an accident. “This county’s been pretty lucky.” Huff maintained, playing

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