The Vest Cemetery, Floyd County, Virginia:

Located: Exit 220 S on Blue Ridge Parkway, 30.9 miles, turn left at Rte. 888, turn left at Rte. 666.

Two miles from Blue Ridge Parkway.

To see a list dated 3 December 1988, of the gravestones recorded by Ruth Hale and Glenna G. Garner, go to: Vest Cemetery, Floyd County, Virginia http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/floyd/cemeteries/vest.txt

These pictures were taken by Paula Kelley Ward on Saturday, 16 June 2007, nearly 19 years since the previous list was compiled. Many burials have taken place during that time period.

These pictures represent a family visit to the cemetery and are not a photographic record of every gravestone in the Vest Cemetery.

Some of the stones have the name and birth date of a living spouse next to that of the deceased spouse.

In those cases, even though they are visible in the photographs, for privacy reasons, this list does not include the name or birth date of the living spouse.

Vest Cemetery stone at entrance

Vest Cem

View of Vest Cemetery

Vest Cem

KELLEY, AUSBORNE PAUL

SGT. U S ARMY, WORLD WAR II

5 APRIL 1920 – 11 APRIL 2002

Vest Cem :

ROGER B. KELLEY

FEB. 12, 1947 – OCT. 23, 1948

Vest Cem :

KELLEY, ANNIE G., daughter of J. L. & VIRGINIA KELLEY

2 JULY 1911 – 9 SEPT. 1911

Vest Cem

KELLEY, JOSEPH LEE, 2 OCT.1868 – 17 MAY 1950

Stone on Left: KELLEY, ANNIE G.

Stone on Right: KELLEY, EFFIE L.

Vest Cem 07: KELLEY, VIRGINIA R., 30 JUNE 1873 – 29 AUG. 1967

Stone at right:

STUMP, CLARA K., 7 AUG. 1896 – 30 JAN. 1955

STUMP, CLAUDE C., 22 FEB. 1889 – 24 MAR. 1936

STUMP, FRANK H., 22 OCT. 1921 – 24 JULY 1929

Vest Cem

KELLEY, EFFIE L., daughter of J. L. & V. R. KELLEY

18 SEPT. 1892 – 12 FEB. 1893

Vest Cem

KELLEY, ROSS M., 1893 – 1933

KELLEY, IDA K. UNDERWOOD, 1896 – 1950

Vest Cem

KELLEY, LEWIS ALTON, 18 FEB. 1919 – 12 NOV. 1939

Vest Cem :

Foreground:

BEATRICE PETERS WEST, 14 AUG 1927 – 28 JAN 1987

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Stone at upper Left: CARR

Stone at Right: JOYCE GUILLIAMS SLOAN

Vest Cem : View of Vest Cemetery

Vest Cem

PATE, JUDIE N. MAY 10, 1896 MAY 6, 1968

Vest Cem

PETERS, JESSIE H., VIRGINIA, CPL. HQ CO 2 BN 5 CAVALRY, KOREA, 17 MAY 1927 – 5 DEC 1966

Vest Cem

SON OF SADIE & HUIE PETERS, BORN & DIED 6 MAR. 1956

Vest Cem :

PETERS, IVRA ANNIE, 31 JAN. 1911 – 4 OCT. 1953

PETERS, HAMPTON C., 25 AUG. 1907 – 26 JULY 1962

Stone at left:

PETERS, SHELVIN E., 3 FEB. 1941 – 30 DEC. 1995

Stone on the right:

PHILLIPS, CECIL MONT, 25 MAY 1937 – 3 APR. 1995

Vest Cem

PETERS, WILLIAM HOBERT, 1 AUG. 1900 – 10 MAY 1952

PETERS, CLARA ARTOKIE, 27 MAR. 1902 – 23 SEPT. 1994

Vest Cem

PETERS, GEORGE J., 3 JUNE 1875 – 6 NOV. 1951

PETERS, ALLIE L., 10 FEB. 1882 – 21 MAY 1965

Vest Cem

PETERS, JOHN HANDFORD, 15 AUG. 1901 – 23 DEC. 1973 MARRIED 12 SEPT. 1926

PETERS, ELLA MAE, 8 AUG. 1906 – 6 FEB. 2003

Vest Cem

PETERS, W. RAYMOND 4 FEB. 1925 – 23 DEC. 2002

Vest Cem

PETERS, SHIRLEY A., 30 OCT. 1931 – 10 JAN. 1996

Vest Cem

JAMES ROBERT PETERS, 1958 – 1966

Vest Cem

TERRY AMOS PETERS, OCT. 19, 1959 – DEC. 15, 1996

WE LOVE YOU DAD, RENEE & GREG

Vest Cem

PETERS, GEORGE H., 12 AUG. 1922 – 14 SEPT. 2006

PETERS, VENNIE B., 7 FEB. 1925 – 24 AUG. 2006

Two cards at base of stone:

1) George Harris Peters 1922 – 2006

2) Vennie B. Peters, 1925 – 2006

Vest Cem

SILVIE RADFORD, BORN OCT. 11, 1911, DIED APR. 8, 1921

She was the sunshine of our home.

Vest Cem

RICHARDS, ELLIOT L., JULY 27, 1907 – JULY 5, 1989

Vest Cem

RICHARDS

ISAAC B. JUNE 11, 1882 – SEPT. 12, 1972

MINDIE N. MARCH 11, 1884 – APRIL 12, 1955

Vest Cem

RICHARDS, ANDREW J. 1872 – 1951

CHARLES A. SMITH

Feb. 8, 1884 – Oct. 26, 1960

(Could not read inscription at bottom of stone: He……home)

Vest Cem :

PETERS, PHILLIPS, and MORAN stones; RADFORD on far right, in back

Vest Cem

Fog moving in to Vest Cemetery

Vest Cem

Fog moving closer to Vest Cemetery – Paula Kelley Ward waving

Vest Cem

Another view of the Vest Cemetery with fog moving in

Vest Cem

Vest Cemetery enveloped in fog