Blevins Cemetery
aka Frank Blevins Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: White Top
Directions: From junction of Highlands Pkwy (US Hwy 58) & Whitetop Gap Rd (Rt 726), go southwest 0.8 mile on Whitetop Gap Rd to dirt road on right. Turn right and go approximately 700 feet to cemetery on right side of road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.609840, W81.626503
Surveyed by: Jeff Weaver and Ginger Ballard 21 March 2003.
Comments: This small cemetery is neat and well maintained. It is located in a grove of white pines. This cemetery’s oldest burials date from 1934. There are 45 graves sites identified in this record. This listing also includes info from Paul Herndon’s files.
General View of the Blevins Cemetery at White Top
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| GREER, Patricia D | 24 May 1956 | 5 Jan 1958 | [d/o Darrel and Marie Greer; Burned in house fire] |
| RAVELIN, Ronnie Dale | 25 Jan 1963 | 7 Aug 1999 | |
| Row 2 | |||
| ADKINS, David Allen | 26 Feb 1967 | 10 Nov 1995 | |
| PENNINGTON, John E. | 10 Jun 1968 | 11 Oct 1968 | |
| GREER, Polly | 29 May 1912 | 26 Jan 1995 | double stone with next; [d/o Samuel Riffey and Martha Blevins] |
| GREER, Vinton | [11 Nov] 1904 | 5 Jan 1958 | [Burned to death in house fire. He had escaped from the burning house, then went back inside to attempt to rescue his children] |
| GREER, Roy Harmon | 10 May 1956 | 5 Jan 1958 | [Burned to death in house fire; s/o Vinton and Polly Riffey Greer] |
| GREER, Hunter R | [1934] | [19 Jan 1982] | [s/o Vinton and Polly Riffey Greer] |
| Row 3 | |||
| RIFFEY, Della | double stone with next | ||
| RIFFEY, Garland L. | 17 May 1916 | 26 May 1985 | [Dob also listed as 9 Jul 1916 ; s/o Samuel and Martha Blevins Riffey] |
| RIFFEY, Elbert Lee | 17 May 1924 | 8 Oct 1967 | [s/o Samuel and Martha Blevins Riffey] |
| RIFFEY, Martha J. | 1887 | 1950 | [2nd w/o Samuel Riffey; d/o Frank and Elzina Dixon Blevins]; double stone with next |
| RIFFEY, Samuel L. | 1872 | 1959 | Dod also listed as 1956; s/o George Washington and Kate Terry Riffey |
| RIFFEY, Robert F. | 11 Sep 1898 | 7 Apr 1983 | [s/o Samuel L. Riffey and his first wife, Serely] |
| RIFFEY, Estel | 1922 | 2000 | |
| BREWER, Viola M. | 9 Mar 1921 | Just this single date listed | |
| Row 4 | |||
| DIXON, Burrel J. | 16 Jun 1923 | 7 Dec 1989 | [s/o Arthur G. and Della B Dixon]; Inscription of a banjo on the stone |
| DIXON, Charles Lee | 23 Jun 1926 | 22 Jan 1989 | U.S. Army Korea; [s/o Arthur G. and Della B Dixon] |
| DIXON, Elzina | 7 Oct 1929 | 17 Feb 1934 | [d/o Dale and Ayther Dixon] |
| DIXON, Arthur G. | 26 Nov 1887 | 5 May 1968 | double stone with next |
| DIXON, Della B. | 27 Feb 1897 | 22 May 1974 | [nee Blevins; w/o Arthur G Dixon] |
| DIXON, Kellen J. | May 15, 1915 | April 14, 1988 – | [s/o Della B Dixon; also listed as Keller J.] |
| ASHLEY, James Lester | 1915 | 1985 | MM3, U.S. Navy, World War II; [s/o Lillie B. Ashley] |
| ASHLEY, Lillie B. | 26 Nov 1893 | 19 May 1978 | [d/o Frank and Elzina Dixon Blevins] |
| ASHLEY, Wilton H. | 1918 | 1971 | [s/o Lillie B. Ashley]; double stone with next |
| ASHLEY, Janet D. | 1933 | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| BLEVINS, Mary | 14 Aug 1904 | 19 Mar 1980 | [d/o Frank and Elzina Dixon Blevins; She was a deaf mute; never married.] |
| BLEVINS, Russell J. | 16 Aug1900 | 21 Dec 1961 | [s/o Frank and Elzina Dixon Blevins; never married.] |
| BLEVINS, Frank | 1865 | 1941 | double stone with next |
| BLEVINS, Elzina | 1868 | 1934 | “Ellie” |
| SANDERS, Marcilla | 1864 | 1939 | Homemade concrete stone; [w/o Virgie Baldwin] |
| BALDWIN, Virgie | 1893 | 1964 | Homemade concrete stone |
| BALDWIN, Mary A. | 1896 | [7 Apr] 1969 | Homemade concrete stone; [d/o Marcilla Sanders] |
| ASHLEY, Jimmy W. | 28 Nov 1950 | double stone with next | |
| ASHLEY, Peggy S. | 7 Aug 1953 | 18 Apr 1984 | “Wife”; |
| Row 6 | |||
| BLEVINS, Freeman | 1891 | 1971 | [s/o Frank and Elzina Dixon Blevins]; double stone with next |
| BLEVINS, Mattie W. | 1891 | 1964 | |
| BLEVINS, Lester H. | 15 May 1923 | 23 Sep 1947 | Maryland, PFC, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division World War II, Purple Heart; [s/o Freeman and Mattie Blevins] |
| BLEVINS, James Parks | 6 Feb 1927 | 12 Sep 1983 | Pvt., U.S. Army, World War II; [s/o Freeman and Mattie Blevins] |
| ASHLEY, Christy Leann | 26 May 1991 | 26 May 1991 | “Baby” [d/o Chris Ashley] |
| Row 7 | |||
| PENNINGTON, Nancy Jane | 25 Nov 1973 | 19 Mar 1991 | “Daughter”; [d/o Jerry and Geneva Pennington; Killed in an auto wreck] |
| PENNINGTON Jerry E | 16 Jun 1940 | 18 Aug 1987 | “Father” double stone with next; [S/o Edward and Stella Riffey Pennington] |
| PENNINGTON , Geneva D. | 8 Jul 1946 | “Mother” | |
| RICHARDSON, Earl B. | 21 Apr 1929 | 29 Oct 1991 | “Korea Cpl, US Army; [h/o Louise Pennington; s/o E. and Bertha Haga Pennington] |
| Row 8 | |||
| PENNINGTON, Edward L. | 21 Oct 1907 | 20 Jan 2002 | double stone with next |
| PENNINGTON, Stella | 25 Jan 1910 | 7 Jan 1992 | [d/o Samuel Riffey and Martha Blevins] |
| PENNINGTON, Billy Dean | 1954 | 2003 | Funeral home marker |