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first female auctioneer in Fauquier County. It is entirely likely that she was the first in the commonwealth, though, she said, a Roanoke woman started up about the same time.
Flash retired from Bell Atlantic a few years later, took the same classes she had taken in High Point, N.C., and joined her in a business that was up to doing about 100 for-profit auctions a year in addition to the charity work, and holding a consignment auction in Catlett on Thursday nights for years.
Things began winding down as their son’s business was gearing up. He expanded into a new plant near Lawrenceville, Ga., and established his corporate headquarters there. Flash and Bernice bought a house nearby also just down the street from another son.
“We’ve enjoyed every
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