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Rife Cemetery
Slate, Buchanan County, Virginia

Slate Creek Road, Grundy VA

Lat: 37° 18' 31"N, Lon: 81° 57' 10"W

Submitted by Carolyn Goddard, Jul 28, 2007 [carolyn.botner@yahoo.com]. Total records = 83.

The Rife Cemetery is located east of Grundy, Virginia, past the Slate Creek Fire Department on highway 83 about 5 miles before the Virginia and West Virginia line.

The cemetery is a privately owned cemetery. It has no driveway, but does have a grassy entrance used by funeral homes. The entrance is blocked by removable posts. It is surrounded by a grassed field that was clean and neatly cut.

The graves were located on the steep hillside not accessible by a mower. Each gravesite was individually kept and found in different states of care. There are numerous headstones made of rock or slate tablet with no writing. There are also mounded unmarked graves.

This was recorded on Jul 21, 2007 by Janiece Greer, Jack Goddard and I. All legible markers were recorded and photographed for transcription verification.

- Carolyn Goddard

Abbott, Amanda Agnes Mullins, b. Jan 10, 1932, d. Jul 9 1994
Addair, Naomi "Omi", b. Mar 14, 1929, d. Mar 24, 1987
Anderson, Vida Kathleen, b. Dec 23, 1953, d. May 30, 1976
Baldwin, Mable Rife, b. Apr 5, 1930, d. Jan 16, 1963
Bennett, Cindy R., b. Feb 5, 1968, d. Nov 7, 1974
Binaker, Victor, b. 1902, d. Oct 12, 1942
Blankenship, Brian Keith, Mar 1965
Capaldo, Connie M., b. Sep 18 1919, d. Jun 16, 1958, wife of Dutch Capaldo
Capaldo, Dutch, b. Jul 4, 1916, d. Aug 18, 1975, husband of Connie M. Capaldo
Crouse, Alta May, b. Nov 22, 1920, d. Jan 23, 1984
Crouse, Amos, b. Sep 2, 1915, d. Jul 8, 1973
Crouse, Kermit Eugene, b. Oct 20, 1959, d. Oct 20, 1959
Dameron, Lacy, b. Apr 1, 1914, d. May 19, 1969
Day, James Elmer, no dates
Day, Rettie Riffe, b. 1912, d. 1932
Grusholt, Willy, b. 1907, d. 1982
Harrington, Lettie Jane, b. Feb 17, 1917, d. Jan 28, 1976
Justice, Brenda Gail, b. Jun 17, 1950, d. Jul 17, 1950
Justice, Charles C, b. Apr 1, 1892, d. Feb 22, 1970
Justice, Mary M, Apr 4, 1894, d. Apr 16, 1962
Justus, Acie, Mar 26, 1950, d. Dec 8, 1971
Justus, Albert, b. Dec 13, 1954, d. Dec 21, 1954
Justus, Berman, b. Dec 24, 1928, d. Dec 5, 1993
Justus, Dollie, b. Aug 25, 1934, d. Feb 1, 1995, "Mother"
Justus, Lester Scott, Jan 15, 1970, "Parents Lester and Linda Justus"
Justus, Will A., b. Aug 17, 1961, d. Dec 25, 1961
Keen, Albert, b. Jan 22, 1889, d. Sep 14, 1964, "Pvt 5 Co 154 Depot Brig World War I"
Keen, Emma, b. Mar 13, 1892, d. Nov 24, 1959
Landers, Arnold Dennis, b. Jul 17, 1944, d. Aug 24, 1944, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Luke Landers"
Landers, Shirl, b. Aug 4, 1936, d. Aug 8 1936, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Luke Landers"
Looney, Hazel Rife, b. Oct 11, 1934, d. Oct 13, 1993, "A wonderful wife and loving mother"
Looney, Paul Emory, b. Apr 16, 1931, d. Aug 26, 1997, "Father of Paula, Randall, Cheryl and Michael"
Looney, Paula, b. 1954, d. 1987
Matney, Alex, b. 1858, d. Aug 1942
Matney, Arminday, b. 1874, d. Jun 1950
Matney, Bobby Dean, b. Oct 25, 1950, d. Aug 16, 1969, "Son of Charlie and Flaire Matney"
Matney, Charlie, b. Mar 21, 1927, d. May 19, 1990
Matney, Flaire, b. Jun 6, 1929, d. Mar 23, 2000
Matney, Granville, b. Jan 26, 1913, d. Jan 20, 1955
Matney, Jackie, Jan 1 1953
Matney, Judy F., b. Aug 16, 1958, d. Sep 29, 1958
Mavis, Willie, b. Jan 2, 1924, d. Feb 29, 1924
Mullins, Harold M, b. 1933, d. 2005
Mullins, Bronte, b. Jun 12, 1941, d. Dec 15, 1988
Mullins, David S., b. Jan 29, 1958, d. Jun 25, 1978
Mullins, Gertrude Keene, b. Jun 8, 1933, d. Nov 19, 1987, "Mother"
Mullins, Melvin, b. 1910, d. 1976
Mullins, Moscoe, b. Oct 6, 1906, d. Dec 10, 1970
Mullins, Ralph, b. Dec 2, 1958, d. Sep 6, 1990
Mullins, Sarah L., b. Jun 15, 1980, d. Jul 13, 1990
Mullins, Victoria, b. 1913, d. 1980
Osborne, Sherman, b. Jan 22, 1942, d. Mar 16, 1977
Rife, A G Hassel, b. Oct 4, 1924, d. Jul 9, 1944, "Virginia Pvt 351 Inf 88 Inf Div World War II"
Rife, Albert Nathena, b. Dec 18, 1902, d. Jul 26, 1973, "Pvt US Army"
Rife, Alex Hufford, b. Sep 11, 1904, d, Jul 16, 1978
Rife, Alice Lester, b. Apr 18, 1909, m. Nov 24, 1951, d. Oct 2, 1965, "Love-ly wife of Willie Lester"
Rife, Augustus, b. Sep 23, 1878, d. Oct 14, 1958
Rife, Burl S., b. Nov 20, 1901, d. Mar 5, 1969, "Sheriff of Buchanan Co 1956-1968'"
Rife, Cecil Edison, b. Mar 6, 1918, d. Jul 8, 1953, "Virginia 1st Lt 1 Prght Tng Regt World War II" " PH"
Rife, Cordell, b. Jul 4, 1879, d. Dec 7, 1953
Rife, Cosby, b. Feb 18, 1882, d. Mar 15, 1947
Rife, Dewey Sr., b. Jun 10, 1900, d. Nov 14, 1980, Mason Symbol
Rife, Esau, b. Jul 15, 1864, d. Jul 20, 1944
Rife, Eunice Louise Atwell, b. Mar 11, 1927, d. Jun 4, 2007
Rife, Florence M., b. 1927, d. blank
Rife, Giles, b. Jun 29, 1922, d. Oct 16, 1929, "Son of WG and Cosby Rife"
Rife, James Leonard, b. Jan 31, 1922, d. Nov 2, 1983, "Tec5 US Army World War II"
Rife, Jeremiah, b. Jul 4, 1907, d. Aug 4, 1990, "Pvt US Army World War II"
Rife, Kermit, b. Jun 24, 1925, d. Jan 14, 1929, "Son of WG and Cosby Rife"
Rife, Lovisa, b. Jan 28, 1881, d. May 28, 1958
Rife, Mary, Jun 5, 1907, d. Oct 5, 1930, "Dau of WG and Cosby Rife"
Rife, Myrtle F., b. May 30, 1907, d. May 9, 1987, "Mrs. Dewey Rife"
Rife, Nash A, b. 1916, d. 1964
Rife, Oscar, b. Dec 18, 1897, d. Nov 14, 1980
Rife, Reese, b. Jan 14, 1903, d. Aug 1, 1930, "Son of WG and Cosby Rife"
Rife, Rhoda, b. May 4, 1881, d. Mar 12, 1957
Rife, Sytha D., b. Jul 31, 1873, d. Sep 28, 1950, "Wife"
Rife, WG, b. Jul 3, 1878, d. Feb 24, 1947, "Father"
Rife, Woodrow, b. Feb 12, 1927, d. Feb 12, 1957
Rife, Wyrena, Jan 26, 1904, d. Feb 19, 1954
Riffe, Deborah A., b. Apr 14, 1957, m. Jun 10, 1972, wife of Donnie N. Riffe
Riffe, Donnie N, b. Mar 5, 1954, m. Jun 10, 1972, d. May 22, 2002, husband of Deborah A. Riffe
Walls, Hazel, b 1893, d. 1941

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