Elizabeth Britt Blowe age 87 of the 700 block of Menola-St. John Road died Saturday August 13, 2011 at her home. She was born July 11, 1924 in Northampton County to the late Claude Britt and Bernice Johnson Britt. She was the wife of the late J. Robert Blowe.

She worked for the U.S. Census Bureau, attended Menola Baptist Church and was a member of the Menola Women’s Club.

A Celebration of Life service will be held Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 12 noon at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Rev. Cecil Harkey will officiate.

Left to cherish her memory are her sons Bobby Blowe of Clayton and Steve Blowe of Menola; three grandchildren, Ryan Blowe of Suffolk,VA, Jessica Blowe of Menola and Jonathan Blowe and wife Abby of Belmont; a great granddaughter, Rhiyanna Lassiter of Ahoskie; a sister, Claudia Marie Dixon of Greenville; and three brothers, Carl Britt and wife Peggy of Milwaukee, Charles Britt and wife Jewel of Milwaukee and James Britt and wife Ethel of Murfreesboro.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie.

Friends and family may send online condolences to www.garrettjonesfh.com

Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie is serving the Blowe family.