SUNSET CEMETERY

Sunset Cemetery
Christiansburg, Va
partial survey & photos
submitted by Rhonda Smith
info in parenthesis is added by surveyor ( )
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SURNAMES R

Rader, Kenneth E., Jr
August 7, 1947
September 12, 1999

Ragan, William B.
son of W.H. & M.E. Ragan
died May 10, 1877
(located in section C)

Rakes, Alice M.(located in section A)

Rakes, Alice R(located in section A/double marker with f. Mason Rakes)ARR

Rakes, F. Mason(located in section A/double marker with Alice R. Rakes)FMR

Rakes, Matilda A.(located in section A/double marker with Samuel M. Rakes)MAR

Rakes, Samuel M. (located in section A/double marker with Matilda A. Rakes)SMR

Rakes, Ora
March 18, 1912
December 29, 1982

Rasnake, Jessie E.
September 25, 1942
April 1, 2001

Rasnake, Juanita G.
September 19, 1941
June 18, 2004

Ratcliff, Nannie R
November 25, 1902
August 28, 1993

Ratcliff ,Waddie W
July 24, 1894
(no death date/husband of Nannie R. Ratcliff)

Reed, Andrew J
September 22, 1872
May 18, 1938 (husband of Geneva E. Reed)

Reed, B D
July 14, 1858
May 5, 1942
"Father" (husband of Sarah E. Hurt Reed)

Reed, Bud M
February 8, 1905
January 5, 1963

Reed, Carlton O.
ASN 344 INF European
October 4, 1920
December 4, 1944

Reed, Charles E
October 16, 1926
(no death date/husband of Joyce l. Reed)

Reed, Charles G
October 17, 1898
June 27, 1965

Reed, Clayton Ailkeberry
PFC US Army
World War I
May 11, 1922
July 11, 1992

Reed, Edith Collins
October 17, 1923
(no death date)

Reed, Effie Mae
April 14, 1923
(no death date)

Reed, Eula Altizer
February 5, 1897
June 7, 1986
(located in section H)

Reed, Frank Elgia
Cpl US Army
World War II Pearl Harbor Veteran
May 5, 1924
December 27, 1996
(husband of Edith Collins Reed)

Reed, Geneva E
May 26, 1868
June 11, 1943

Reed, Glen H
April 24, 1908
April 10, 1960

Reed, Harley Everette
December 29, 1895
January 2, 1977

Reed, Helen J
August 23, 1926
February 17, 1979

Reed , Johnnie D
March 22, 1941
March 19, 1997
(husband of Shirley Cox Reed)

Reed, Joyce L
November 22, 1929
August 14, 1993

Reed, Juanita M
1916 - 1920

Reed, Julia Louvenia
"MOM"
November 27, 1887
February 28, 1969
(buried beside Thomas C. Reed)

Reed, Lillie Myers
April 8, 1899 August 15, 1985
(wife of Harley Everette Reed)

Reed, Martha James
daughter of S.Q. & Eula James Reed
January 31, 1929
July 23, 1933
(located in section H)

Reed, Martin L
August 17, 1913
January 23, 1996
(husband of Effie Mae Reed)

Reed, Mary F
January 27, 1933
May 4, 1983

Reed, Mary Lovern
July 15, 1920
November 25, 1984
(wife of Clayton Ailkeberry Reed)

Reed, Myrtle Mae(located near flag pole)

Reed, Roy Eskel
November 10, 1907
December 15, 2001
(double marker with Sue L.B./located in section M) Roy
side view

Reed, Sammy Quentin Jr.
son of S.Q. & Eula James Reed
October 9, 1932
April 6, 1936
(located in section H)

Reed, Samuel Q.
Va S2 USNRF
World War I
September 28, 1895
January 28,___
(located in section H)

Reed, Sarah E Hurt
July 17, 1869
October 1, 1935
"Mother"

Reed , Shirley Cox
October 16, 1942
(no death date)

Reed, Sue L. Ballinger
August 18, 1894
July 18, 1972
(double marker with Roy Eskel/located in section M) Sue

Reed, Sylvas S
May 15, 1922
October 29, 1966

Reed, Thomas C
" SON"
September 22, 1925
January 6, 1993

Reed, Thurman 1924-2005 horne Funeral Home marker
Thurman Reed(located in section A)

Reed, William C
May 15, 1919
December 30, 1993
(husband of Helen J. Reed)

Reese(located in section A)

Reese, Mary Cook
October 1, 1865
September 10, 1953
(wife of William E. Reese)

Reese,William E
January 27, 1861
February 19, 1922
(same plot with Pearl Reese Martin)

Richards, Allen D.
September 30, 1914
March 11, 1957
Virginia - Tec4 - HQ CO Island Comd
World War II

Richardson, Brenda Trump
June 19, 1956
(no death date/wife of Larry James Richardson)

Richardson, Charles E
August 3, 1907
April 21, 1984

Richardson, Daisy S
January 18, 1904
December 21, 1993

Richardson, Edward Junior
September 28, 1921
October 9, 2000

Richardson, Fannie B
October 1, 1919
August 17, 1989
married May 11, 1966 Reubin H. Richardson

Richardson, Fannie M
July 12, 1911
December 15, 1974

Richardson, Frank J
S1 US Navy
World War II
April 6, 1911
December 7, 1993

Richardson, H.B.
born May 6, 1840
died February 5, 1899

Richardson, Herbert M
February 14, 1941
December 12, 1975
A2c USAF Vietnam

Richardson, Johnnie Clayton
October 12, 1914
October 21, 1996

Richardson, Larry James
May 12, 1957
March 18, 1986

Richardson, Mellie Tena Hamblin
August 8, 1880
October 30, 1963

Richardson, Powell Edward
September 22, 1873
January 20, 1946

Richardson, Reubin H
October 1,1919
(no death date/husband of Fannie B. Richardson/buried next to Fannie and Sisie)

Richardson, Sisie J
born & died May 24, 1970

Richardson, Warren W
February 22, 1902
March 12, 1971
(husband of Fannie M. Richardson)

Richardson, Wythe
May 9, 1902
May 25, 1950
(husband of Daisy S. Richardson)

Ridinger, Elizabeth Dale
May 18, 1925
October 1, 1971

Ridinger, Harvey J Sr
July 18, 1867
(only date)

Ridinger, Hester Jennings
June 26, 1894
December 4, 1972

Roberts, Donna Proco
died May 7, 2006
(obit & photo)

Roberts, Lawrence Luther
May 21, 1891
May 18, 1866
"A mighty oak in the world of willows"
(husband of Ruby Altizer Roberts/located in section H)

Roberts, Ruby Altizer
April 22, 1907
May 24, 2004
First Woman to be named Poet Laureate of Virginia 1950
large Roberts marker
obit & photo (Ruby was author of the children's book "The Story of Buzzy Bee."/Descendant of Emera Altizer)

infant 1811(located in section A near Rogers, Ellett and Morgan graves)

Rodgers, Ronald Gene
April 15, 1928
June 7, 2004

Rogers, Sarah Kent Ellett(located in section A)

Roop, Elizabeth S
May 3, 1918
December 30, 1978

Roop, Guy Carolton
November 21, 1889
March 19, 1971

Roop, Lillie Agnew
December 15, 1905
June 29, 1969

Roop, Margurite M
June 29, 1940
(no death date)

Roop, Marvin Lee
August 8, 1934
August 26, 1992
MPC US Army
(husband of Margurite M. Roop)

Roop, Mary Sowers
March 21, 1911
September 16, 1990

Roop, Millard H
June 16, 1906
January 6, 1959

Roop, Ora Goodwin
November 6, 1888
May 28, 1962

Roop, Paul Carlton
October 9, 1916
(no death date/husband of Elizabeth S. Roop)

Roop, Roy G
September 24, 1910
December 3, 1983
U S Army
World War II

Roop, Roy Martin
February 19, 1908
August 17, 1983
(husband of Mary Sowers Roop)

Roop, Ruby Evelyn
November 15, 1921
April 27, 1983

Roope, Cynthia L & Roope,Sharon L
daughters of Jim & Shelby Roope
died January 27, 1959

Roope, Emily L.(located in section R/buried beside Harry L)
October 28, 1902
April 24, 2001
Roope large marker

Roope, Harry L.(located in section R/buried beside Emily L.)
February 14, 1897
December 12, 1963
Roope large marker

Rosales, Edward Orlando Bertrand
February 28, 1990
June 8, 2004

Rose, Anna Doyle
September 2, 1876
August 5, 1969
(wife of Trigg M. Rose-daughter of William F. Doyle and Lucy Ann Sublett Doyle
/Annie was married to Charlie Leonard first)

Rose, Trigg M
June 24, 1878
August 18, 1962
(Trigg Mosby Rose-born in Shawsville, Montgomery Co, VA died in Christiansburg, VA
son of John D. Rose and Elizabeth Ann James Rose/
married Maud E. Trump on September 6, 1900 and Annie Doyle Leonard on October 3,1911)

Royal, Sylvia W.
March 28, 1926
December 23, 2002

Ryan, Michael Kyle
December 14, 1953
December 7, 1977

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