Ava Elizabeth Ratliff stands between her grandmothers, Elaine Ratliff of Richmond, and Elizabeth Anderson of Mathews, from left, at her recent graduation with a doctorate from the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University. She graduated magna cum laude. Dr. Ratliff is the daughter of Scott and Cheryl Anderson Ratliff of Richmond, and also the granddaughter of the late Dr. James Ratliff and Durward O. Anderson Jr.