Elnor Blankenship Brown, 82, of McDowell, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at Highlands Regional Medical Center.

Born December 27, 1926, in Floyd County, she was the daughter of the late Andy and Dora Moore Blankenship. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Lttle Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church, in McDowell.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Brown.

Survivors include one son, Earl Michael Brown of McDowell; one daughter, Sherry Stumbo of McDowell; three sisters: Roseannie Williamson of Drift, Evelyn McDonald of Indiana, and Marie Hager of Grundy, Virginia; six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one brother, Thomas Blankenship; and one sister, Olgie Hall.

Funeral services will be held Friday, November 6, at 11 a.m., at the Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church, in McDowell, with Clinton Moore and Jimmy Hall officiating.

Burial will be in the Drift Cemetery, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, in Martin.

Visitation is at the funeral home