Kell Cemetery
Smyth County, Virginia
Location: The cemetery is located on a knoll, north of Cleghorn Valley Road.
Directions: The cemetery is .4 miles east of the Cleghorn Valley Baptist Church and .1 Miles north of Cleghorn Valley Road.
GPS Coordinates: 36 deg 51′ 16.03″ N 81 deg 39′ 56.14″ W
Surveyed by: Doug and Eve Blevins; updated 17 Nov 2007
Comments: There are several sunken unidentified grave sites in the cemetery. The enclosed information was recorded from the actual head stones. Rows are shown starting in the northeast corner and reading right to left as viewed from the east. Information and directions to the cemetery were provided by Daniel Blevins.

Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Row 1 | |||
BLEVINS, Tebah P. | 24 Jan 1933 | 16 Feb 2004 | Beloved wife and mother; double stone with next |
BLEVINS, Howard V. | 20 Jul 1926 | Loving husband and father | |
BLEVINS, Brian Walton | 1974 | 2002 | metal marker |
BLEVINS, Bobby Joe | 25 Aug 1945 | 16 Sep 1991 | I’ll be loving you, love me; double stone without second inscription |
BLEVINS, Mary S. | 4 Apr 1924 | 5 Jun 2002 | Beloved wife and mother; double stone without second inscription |
Row 2 | |||
ANDERSON, Burley M. | 17 Feb 1918 | 25 Oct 1992 | triple stone with next two |
ANDERSON, Jamie M. | 6 Oct 1966 | 14 Jan 1967 | triple stone with next |
ANDERSON, Viola M. | 14 May 1925 | ||
Row 3 | |||
COX, Lura | 22 Aug 1887 | 5 Oct 1922 | |
COX, Ray | 9 Dec 1907 | 18 Jul 1926 | An honest man is the noblest Work of God |
BLEVINS, Ruth Ellen | 1913 | 1928 | |
THOMPSON, Sallie | |||
THOMPSON, Alfred | |||
KELL, Roy B. | 1897 | 1927 | broken stone |
KELL, Ella May | 1895 | 1906 | foot: E.M.K. |
KELL, Elizabeth Jane | 1872 | 1887 | foot: E.J.K. |
THOMPSON, John Allen | 26 Jun 1862 | 12 Feb 1928 | In loving memory; foot: Father |
Row 4 | |||
BROOKS, James E. | 15 Sep 1937 | Loving brother | |
BROOKS, Edna E. | 31 Jan 1933 | 25 Sep 1995 | Loving sister |
BROOKS, Calvin J. | 25 Jun 1897 | 19 Mar 1976 | PFC U.S. Army World War I; double stone with next |
BROOKS, Maggie E. | 10 Dec 1901 | 20 Mar 1983 | Foot: Mother |
BROOKS, Worth | 17 Apr 1927 | 15 Sep 2000 | Cpl U.S. Marine Corps |
HALL, Martha E. | 1867 | 1936 | foot: M.E.H. |
HALL, R.R. Vaughn | 13 Mar 1907 | 14 Nov 1929 | |
KELL, Charley | 19 Jan 1902 | 14 Nov 1916 | Asleep in Jesus |
HALL, Elmer L. | 1920 | 1920 | |
HALL, infant son | 1918 | 1918 | |
HALL, Dinah May Blevins | 23 Jan 1897 | 20 Oct 1926 | Wife of Vernon Smith Hall; their children are listed on back of the stone: Stell H. Robinson, Elmer Leslie Hall, unnamed infant, Daniel Chester Hall, fields Vernon Hall. |
KELL, William H. | 1812 | 1869 | Father; at rest; double stone with next |
KELL, Milley | 1819 | 1898 | |
RATLIFF, Olivia J. | 30 May 1867 | 17 Sep 1941 | |
RATLIFF, Robert L. | 1 May 1867 | 24 Jun 1951 | |
BLEVINS, Lenora | 15 Sep 1932 | 20 Nov 1932 | |
ELLER, William H. | 16 Sep 1932 | 27 Nov 1932 | |
ELLER, Luke David | 5 Jan 1900 | 10 Feb 1933 | |
SAWYER, Robert L. | 15 Mar 1875 | 8 Jan 1929 | |
Row 5 | |||
HEATH, W.A. | 8 Jun 1923 | 12 Dec 1935 | Asleep in Jesus |
HEATH, Fay | 26 Sep 1928 | 2 Nov 1929 | foot: At rest |
HEATH, Paul | 28 Oct 1927 | 3 Nov 1927 | foot: At rest |
HEATH, Pauline | 19 Apr 1916 | 24 Sep 1921 | foot: Rest in peace |
HEATH, Cynthia | 7 Dec 1914 | 2 Mar 1915 | Asleep in Jesus; foot: Baby |
ANDERSON, John W. | Co A 8 Va Cav CSA; [grave offset below others in row] | ||
Row 6 | |||
HALL, Carnea L. | 13 Apr 1903 | 7 Nov 1914 | He was a kind and affectionate brother |
HALL, Elbert T. | 22 May 1905 | 9 Jun 1927 | |
KELL, Elvira | 1861 | 1941 | |
KELL, Nelson | 1861 | 1940 | |
ROSE, Belle Kell | 28 Sep 1899 | 25 Mar 1979 | At rest; foot: Aunt |
KELL, Isaac W. | 12 Dec 1922 | double stone with next | |
KELL, Mary M. | 7 Sep 1920 | 8 Sep 2003 | |
Row 7 | |||
WINEBARGER, Margaret | 1924 | 1924 | metal marker |
RILEY, Anna Wallace | 11 Feb 1826 | 23 Jul 1908 | Wife of John Riley |
CHAMPION, Charles E. | 8 Feb 1918 | ||
Row 8 | |||
BLEVINS, Donald Royal | 10 Jan 1941 | Son of Luther and Charity Blevins | |
BLEVINS, Luther Smith | 5 Apr 1939 | 7 Apr 1939 | Son of Luther and Charity Blevins |
MOORE, Billy S. | 22 Aug 1949 | 17 Oct 1979 | double stone with next |
MOORE, Charleen B. | 1 Apr 1952 | ||
BLEVINS, W.T. | 14 Feb 1865 | 12 Feb 1934 | Billie |
BLEVINS, Rev. Squire | 14 Dec 1861 | 4 Apr 1928 | Husband of Ann Myers [who is] buried in Cleghorn Church Cemetery; I will meet you in New Jerusalem |
BLEVINS, Susannah Joines | 1826 | 1928 | Mother; [This information is on a footstone at the foot of Squire Blevins’ grave site.] |
BLEVINS, Cintha Jane | 29 Mar 1883 | 17 Oct 1911 | |
BLEVINS, Daniel S. | 1867 | 1940 | double stone with next |
BLEVINS, Rebecca M. | 1870 | 1926 | |
ROSE, Annie Laura | 31 Aug 1871 | 26 Mar 1941 | double stone with next |
ROSE, Emma K. | 3 Apr 1909 | 9 Feb 1923 | |
Row 9 | |||
BLEVINS, Charlotte B. | 1923 | 2002 | metal marker |
BLEVINS, Ambers A. | 17 Jan 1909 | 14 Apr 1988 | |
BLEVINS, Myrtle | 1908 | 1938 | |
ANDERSON, John W. | 12 Oct 1900 | 2 Apr 1965 | Not my will but Thine be done; double stone with next |
ANDERSON, Callie M. | 17 Dec 1900 | 11 Mar 1994 | Married 17 Dec 1924 |
ANDERSON, Johney B. | 10 Apr 1933 | 2 Sep 2004 | Loving father |
BLEVINS, Fannie M. | 25 Dec 1853 | 3 Sep 1916 | Wife of E. Blevins; She was a good wife and mother and has gone to her reward. |
RICHARDSON, Garnie E. | Mar 1902 | 2 Mar 1941 | Gone but not forgotten |
BLEVINS, Lenvel | 3 Mar 1858 | 2 Mar 1941 | In loving memory by grandchildren; foot: grandfather |
ROSE, James E. | 1852 | 1936 | double stone with next |
ROSE, Nancy C. | 1852 | 1948 | |
unknown | broken stone, no inscription | ||
Location not identified | |||
BLEVINS, Mildred D. | 12 Dec 1939 | 31 Mar 2007 | double stone with next |
BLEVINS, Kenny | 9 Mar 1938 | [living Nov 2007] |