Rigney Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Fancy Gap District
Location: Elk Spur Community
Directions: At the end of Rt. 614 (Elk Spur Road), 2.6 miles from Rt. 608 (Lightening Ridge Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.637407 W 080.685812
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 20 July 2014; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| RIGNEY, James Noah II | 15 Mar 1953 | 15 Mar 1953 | s/o James Noah Rigney & Frances Irene Goad |
| RIGNEY, James Noah | 08 May 1925 | 30 Jul 1986 | Shared stone with next; s/o Robert R. Rigney & Mary Jane Meredith |
| RIGNEY, Frances Irene G. | 07 Aug 1923 | 02 Apr 1988 | d/o William Benjamin Goad & Mattie S. Webb; w/o James Noah Rigney |
| Row 2 | |||
| RIGNEY, Mary J. | [10 Jan] 1899 | [06 Apr 1951] | Shared stone with next; Mary Jane; d/o James Meredith & Alice Ayers; w/o Robert R. Rigney |
| RIGNEY, Robert R. | 27 Aug 1886 | 25 Dec 1964 | Shared stone with next; Virginia Pvt. Infantry WW I; s/o Noah Rigney & Louisa Adeline Combs |
| RIGNEY, Jessie B. | 10 Aug 1929 | 10 Jul 2005 | Shared stone with next; Jessie Benjamin; s/o Robert R. Rigney & Mary Jane Meredith |
| RIGNEY, Magalene M. | 11 Jun 1929 | 04 Feb 2012 | Mary Magalene; d/o William Jefferson Ayers & Stella Elizabeth Ayers; w/o Jessie Benjamin Rigney |
| RIGNEY, Carlos Wyatt | [14 Jul] 1960 | [10 Jun] 2014 | s/o Jessie Benjamin Rigney & Mary Magalene Ayers |
| RIGNEY, William Curtis, Jr. | [18 Dec] 1952 | [03 Jul] 2014 | s/o William Curtis Tate & Ruth Orine Rigney |
| HYATT, Mary Ruth | 15 Jun 1962 | 16 Dec 1997 | d/o Roy Wyatt Robertson & Ruth Orine Rigney; w/o Thomas R. Hyatt |
| ROBERTSON, Roy W. | 25 Jul 1922 | 25 Jun 1991 | Shared stone with next; Roy Wyatt; s/o Green Robertson & Betty Thomas |
| ROBERTSON, Ruth O. | 24 Aug 1934 | [05 Jul 2014] | Ruth Orine; d/o Robert R. Rigney & Mary Jane Meredith; w/o Roy Wyatt Robertson |
| Row 3 | |||
| MARTIN, Dorothy I. | 30 Aug 1939 | 29 Aug 2002 | Dorothy Irene; d/o Robert R. Rigney & Mary Jane Meredith |
| DANTZLER, Joel Amos | 18 Mar 1926 | 17 Nov 1998 | AMM3 U. S. Navy WW II; s/o Samuel Allen Dantzler & Lelia Adelade Lott |
| BILLINGS, Robert W. | 15 Mar 1958 | Shared stone with next; | |
| BILLINGS, Linda F. | 13 Apr 1956 | 30 Oct 2010 | Linda Faye; d/o Clinton Thomas Tate & Hildred Geneva Tate; w/o Robert W. Billings |
| Row 4 | |||
| RIGNEY, Wanda R. | [21 Dec] 1919 | [07 Dec] 1966 | Wanda Idell; d/o Carl E Rogers & Pearl B. Stack; w/o David Rigney |
| RIGNEY, David “Bill” | [19 Mar] 1918 | [05 Jun] 1999 | s/o John Wiley Rigney & Ella Viola Tolbert |
| RIGNEY, Ella Viola | 09 Apr 1902 | 15 Aug 1976 | nee Tolbert; w/o John Wiley Rigney |
| RIGNEY, John W. | [15 Aug] 1889 | [13 Aug] 1964 | John Wiley; s/o Noah Rigney & Louisa Adeline Combs |
| Row 5 | |||
| EDWARDS, Edgar R. | 16 Aug 1934 | 23 Apr 1997 | Shared stone with next; Edgar Roosevelt; s/o Arthur Edwards & Lizzie Edwards |
| EDWARDS, Hildred G. | 21 Jun 1929 | 25 Oct 1999 | Hildred Geneva; d/o William C. Tate & Daisy C. Tate; w/o Edgar Roosevelt Edwards |
| HOUSER, Jason G. | 11 Sep 2007 | FHM; Jason Garfield; s/o Bobby Houser, Jr. & Brandy Leftwich | |
| FLEMING, Laura Baker | [23 Sep] 1976 | [12 Nov] 2002 | Laura Leah |
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| RIGNEY, H. C. | 18 Jan 1830 | 07 Feb 1865 | Pvt. U. S. Army Co. G 45 Va. Vol. Inf. POW; Henley C.; s/o Isaac Rigney & Nancy Ann Howell |
| Unknown | 3 Fieldstones | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| TATE, Carlis R. “Pete” | 24 Jul 1927 | 01 Oct 1999 | Shared stone with next; U. S. Navy WW II; s/o John Emmit Tate & India Ellen Rigney |
| TATE, Margaret L. | 09 Jun 1934 | 15 Feb 2005 | nee Wright; w/o Carlis R. Tate |
| Row 6 | |||
| Unknown | 2 Illegible FHM | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| RIGNEY, Noah | 20 Aug 1849 | 04 Nov 1924 | s/o Henley C. Rigney & Eliza Edwards |
| RIGNEY, L. A. | [30 Mar 1857] | [15 Dec 1943] | Louisa Adeline “Lula”; d/o Thomas Combs & Adaline Hiatt; w/o Noah Rigney |
| TATE, John Emmit | 27 May 1904 | 06 Jul 1984 | Shared stone with next; s/o William Albert Tate & Lucy Emaline King |
| TATE, India Ellen | 02 Apr 1897 | 05 Apr 1989 | d/o Noah Rigney & Louisa Adeline Combs; w/o John Emmit Tate |
| Row 7 | |||
| TATE, No name | |||
| TATE, General Joshua “Bill” | 26 Dec 1967 | 22 Sep 1986 | s/o General Joshua Tate & Mary Helen Brown |
| TATE, [John Will] | [14 Mar 1875] | [21 Jul 1957] | Illegible now; s/o William Tate & Mary Stuttler |
| TATE, Ivan Cecil | 09 Jul 1932 | 16 May 1976 | s/o William C. Tate & Daisy C. Tate |
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Exact location of these graves is unknown. They probably are beside the grave of Henley C. Rigney, marked only with fieldstones. | |||
| RIGNEY, Eliza | d/o Mountain John Edwards & Nancy J. Mankins; w/o Henley C. Rigney | ||
| RIGNEY, Mary J. | Age 24 years | 27 Jan 1884 | d/o Henley C. Rigney & Eliza Edwards |
| RIGNEY, Rosabell | Age 27 years | 13 Feb 1884 | d/o Henley C. Rigney & Eliza Edwards |