Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:43 pm

Janie Melissa Blanton Harris, 88, passed away on August 17, 2020.

She was the daughter of the late Carl Blanton and Docia Patterson Blanton.

Besides her loving husband and parents she is preceded in death by six brothers Carl Greene Jr., William Karie, Jack Dewey, Louise Eugene, Finley Yancy and Donald Lee Blanton and two sisters Elizabeth Emeline Brewer and Nellie Jean Kimbrell; two grandsons.

Left to cherish her memory are two brothers Sammie Lynn Blanton and Bobby Ray Blanton, her three sons Larry Earl Harris Sr. and wife Candy, Phillip Lee Harris and wife Linda, Thomas Warren Harris and fiancé Lisa Irvin and daughter-in-law Lisa Harris; seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren, a special sister-in-law and caregiver Dolly Lowery and numerous nieces and nephews as well as extended family Tripp, Nikki, Josh, Joey, Brandie, Mandy and Cierra, plus a loyal and faithful fur baby "Little Bit".

The funeral service was held in the sanctuary of the church. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Campfield Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 369 Campfield Church Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040 and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.