Della Riffey

Della Blevins Riffey, age 84, of Damascus, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, Tennessee. She was a native of Grayson County, Virginia and was a daughter of the late Dewey and Mary Blevins.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Garland L. Riffey.  Mrs. Riffey was a member of the Whitetop Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Evon Riffey Trivette and her husband, Lloyd, of Shady Valley, Tennessee and Garlynn Riffey Miller and her husband, Denton, of Mountain City, Tennessee; three sisters, Stella Blevins, of Palatka, Florida, Margaret Burcham, of Galax, Virginia, and Ann Edwards, of Whitetop, Virginia; three grandchildren, Lloyd Trivette, Jr. and his wife, Tina, Steven Trivette and his wife, Leslie, and Lisa Greene and her husband, Larry; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted 2:00 P. M. Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Whitetop Baptist Church with Pastor Steve Williams and Rev. T. A. Pennington officiating. The committal service and interment will follow at Blevins Cemetery, Whitetop, Virginia.  Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.  The family will receive friends from 1-2:00 P. M. Saturday prior to the funeral service at Whitetop Baptist Church. Online condolences may be sent and viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com.  Mrs. Riffey and her family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Street, Damascus, VA 24236, 276-475-3631.Read Obituary