Evie Merle Bowman Blake, age 80, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst.
She was born in Dale County, Alabama on March 21, 1934, to the late William Littleberry Bowman and Clara Belle Morris Bowman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace T. Blake. She was a member of Celebration of Praise Church of God in Raeford.
Survivors are a son, Dale B. Blake and his wife Tammi of Raeford; a daughter, Sharon B. Branch and her husband Randy of Raeford; a stepdaughter, Barbara J. Blake of Virginia Beach, Virginia; two brothers, James Bowman and his wife Glenda of Dothan, Alabama and Billy Bowman and his wife Pat of Ozark, Alabama; three sisters, Helen Brown of Morris, AL, Voncile Senn of Newton, Alabama, and Bettie Dietz and her husband Jim of Ozark, Alabama; four grandchildren, David Shane Herring of Raeford, Natasha Beard and her husband Shelton of Red Springs; Kevin Jackson of Raeford, and Gerri Jackson of Raeford; five great-grandchildren, Shelton Lee Beard II, Briana Beard and Nevaeh Beard all of Red Springs, and Katie Grace Herring and Lathan M. Herring both of Raeford
Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. on Monday, July 14, 2014 at Crumpler Funeral Home in Raeford.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Celebration of Praise Church of God with the Rev. Jerry Edge officiating. Burial will follow in the Raeford Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association.
Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com.