Virginia Evelyn Rife Obituary

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Virginia Evelyn Rife of Pilgrims Knob, Virginia, who passed away on August 29, 2021 at the age of 84. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, William Edward Stacy and Maggie Keen Stacy; her husband Elmer Rife; her daughter Maggie Ann Rife; her siblings, Matt Stacy, Harold Stacy, Bob Stacy and Ada Dunford; her grandchildren, Joseph Ray Oquinn and Patricia Ann Street; her son-in-law Lawrence Deel; her grandparents, Wallace, Naomi O'Quinn Keen, Jim and Cosby Blankenship Stacy; her children, Bruce Rife (Clarice) of Moneta, VA, Chester Rife (Christine) of Bland, VA, Richard Rife (Diana) of Pilgrims Knob, VA, Barbara Meadows of Pilgrims Knob, VA, Priscillia O'Quinn (Danny) of Coeburn, VA, Carrol Yates (Andy Floyd) of Haysi, VA, Tina Deel of Pounding Mill, VA and Rita Fay Stacy of Pounding Mill, VA; her brother Nelson Stacy of Pilgrims Knob, VA; and her grandchildren, Regina Honaker, Alisha Looney, Chetric Rife, Jessica DeSilva, Alex Meadows, Andrew Yates, Phillip Yates, Gabril Yates, Travis O'Quinn, Johnathon Deel, Zachary Rife, Julia Jackson, Chris Deel and Vicky Triplett. She was also cherished by twelve great grandchildren, eleven step great grandchildren, two step great-great grandchildren.