RUTH PERRY RIFFE, 98 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Buchanan General Hospital.  Born in Wharncliffe, WV, she was the daughter of the late Elias & Nancy Browning Hatfield. Mrs. Riffe was a homemaker and caregiver and a member of the Church of Christ. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family of thirteen children.

 She is survived by 1- daughter: Geraldine Sampson, White Lake, Michigan, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Toney Perry and by two daughters:  Wilma Billiter and Phyllis Wright.

Funeral Services for RUTH PERRY RIFFE will be conducted Friday, July 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Sam Casebolt officiating with burial to follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park at Big Rock, Virginia.

Friends may call at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Thursday afternoon after 5:00 P.M. with services at 7:00 P.M.

Active Pallbearers will be friends and family.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com

Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of all arrangements.