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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
After 26 years as the Farm Bureau agent for Rappahannock County Rodney Vest retired at the end of 1996, but he was able to turn his business over to his daughter Pat Vest Whorton, who has been assisting in the office and selling insurance on her own for 15 years.
Mrs. Whorton and her husband live next door to her parents. Mr. Whorton is an inspector for VDOT. The Vests also have a son who lives on the property with his wife and two children. He is a VDOT inspector also.
Mr. Vest said he wants his customers to know he appreciates the support they have given him over the past 26 years and to reassure those who do not know it that they will be well served as Mrs. Whorton continues the business. "She’s smarter than I am; she knows more about the business, and, for sure, she's better looking than I am," he said.
Josephine Vest, Mr. Vest's wife and secretary, will also continue in the office, at least for a time. "When I get my bags packed, I want her to have hers packed too," Mr. Vest said.
They are planning a week or 10day trip in the local area sightseeing and also a 10-day to two-week trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina this summer. Next year they hope to take a longer trip in the west.
'Tve got a couple of fishing poles that need a lot of attention," Mr. Vest said. He added that while he might have neglected fishing to attend to business, "I never did let work get in the way of my hunting too much."
Mr. Vest said he had worked two jobs most of his life, working at Safeway and also in a garage for a while, then at Safeway while selling Farm Bureau insurance for many years. In between he served two tours with the U.S. Army, from 1957 to 1959, and then he got called up again for about 10 months during the Berlin Crisis. He retired after 30 years at Safeway to work only as the Farm Bureau agent.
Just this week Shannon Swain was hired as a part-time office adviser, a licensed agent she will be able to take care of walk-in business and answer insurance questions over the telephone.
Mrs. Whorton said that will free her up to go out and visit clients more.
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