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studied dance therapy. After a brief marriage that ended in divorce in 1973, she brought her 2-year-old son, Adam, to Rappahannock where she found a job working for Flossie Williamson propagating, planting and cutting herbs and making jellies and herb vinegar. “Mrs. Williams was getting older and needed the help and we really took to each other,” Cheri said. Williams, she said, was inspirational to her. She had lost her daughter to cancer and her husband had died and she could have been a bitter person, but her attitude was to make the best of life. “She was an excellent cook and taught me a lot about cooking with herbs, and we enjoyed eating together,” Woodard said.

Martin Woodard, 48, grew up in Herndon, the second sibling in a family of five children. His parents were both scientists who ran their own research laboratory. Coming from a family of high achievers, especially academically, Martin graduated from Vanderbilt with a degree in sociology and his parents then expected him to go to law school. “He loves to debate and is good on stage,” said Woodard, but he was tired of school and so moved to Rappahannock County in 1972 where he decided to go into business for himself as a brickmason.

With a crew of as many as 20 employees, he worked on numerous projects including

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