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By Anita L. Sherman
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“They told me to put a good suit on him when I sent him over,” laughed Kitty Cannon as she smiled adoringly at her husband of 57 years, Alphaeus Cannon.
Cannon was honored last Wednesday at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rappahannock National Bank in Washington for his 44 years of service as a director.
Surrounded by his peers, Cannon would occasionally break into a smile and joke with the other members that he has shared a seat with for nearly half a century.
Comfortably at home that Friday, Cannon celebrated a birthday. He is 90 now.
“That’s my watch dog,” chuckled Cannon, “as a peppery cock-apoo/poodle mix jumped excitedly from his lap to the couch and then into the arms of Kitty.
Another watch dog of sorts was strutting in front of the house.
“That’s Pete,” said Kitty. “They are the best watch dogs you could ever ask for.”
Tete’ is a sleek, iridescent peacock with brilliant blue feathers weighted with dancing emerald eyes.
“I used to have a dozen of them,” sighed Kitty, “but they were either hit by cars or eaten by foxes, so I stopped raising them. Pete is the only one left.”
Pete pretty much has the run of the Cannon’s property and has been known to alight on their roof to startle possible “guests.”
Cannon planned to celebrate his birthday in the place that he loves the most - his home - and he doesn’t see that changing anytime soon.
“I wouldn’t leave Castleton if I didn’t have to,” said Cannon who was bom in a house just up the road from where he resides now.
“My mother had me on the kitchen floor,” smiled Cannon who is the elder of two brothers. His younger brother, Ray, who is 88, lives nearby.
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