Elizabeth W. Key, 87, formerly of Wilmington, NC, died Sunday, August 1, in Brevard, NC. A resident of Wilmington for 61 years, she moved to College Walk Retirement Community in 2005 to be near her daughter and son-in-law. She was born in Randolph County to the late Edward and Blanche Walker on December 14, 1922. She was the youngest of nine children. Her five brothers and three sisters predeceased her. She was a homemaker until her children were older. She graduated from Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington where she received a Licensed Practical Nurse certificate and worked at Babies Hospital at Wrightsville Beach, NC and in the Pediatrics Unit at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. She was a faithful and active member of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church in Wilmington. She was the devoted wife of the late Russell Radford Key, Sr. and a loving mother to her son, the late Russell Radford Key, Jr. and her daughter, Elizabeth (Betty) Padrick (husband, R. Bryan). Other survivors include her four grandsons and their wives: M. Bryan Padrick and wife, Karen, of Farnham, England; Greg Padrick and wife, Jennifer, of Westminster, MD; Scott Key and wife, Jamie, of Wilmington, Richard Key and wife, Vanessa, of Fairfax, VA. and six great grandchildren: Alice and Finleigh Padrick, Emma Padrick, Maddie and Harrison Key and Cullen Key. A memorial service will be held at 11 :00 a.m., Wednesday, August 4 at the Andrews Mortuary chapel on Market Street in Wilmington with the Reverend Neal Wingfield of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church officiating. The family will receive friends at the conclusion of the service. A private family graveside service will then follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. At a later date, a memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Brevard. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions may be made to Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church, 409 South Fifth Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28401; First United Methodist Church, 325 North Broad Street, Brevard, NC 28712; The American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc., 60 Bay Street, Suite 401, Staten Island, NY 10301 or Four Seasons Hospice, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731. Arrangements were made by the Moody-Connolly Funeral Home in Brevard and Andrews Mortuary in Wilmington.