Dr. Amelie C. Blyth, 88, returned to God's loving arms and passed peacefully in her sleep, September 11, 2012. Amelie was born April 2, 1924 in Decatur, Illinois. She was the daughter of Aimee Shelton Burr Blyth and Arthur John Blyth . Amelie spent most of her childhood in Mobile, Alabama and many carefree summers on a farm in Bement, Illinois with her brother, Randolph C. Blyth and cousins Peter and Bill Brown, and Frances Sonny Manierre. Amelie went to school in Spring Hill, Alabama. She attended Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women and Ohio State University and received her B.S. in Botany, in 1944. She continued her education at the University of California at Davis, where she received her M.S. and PhD. Meme, as she was fondly known, taught as an associate professor of biology at Wilmington College in North Carolina and at Auburn University in Alabama. Memes mother lived in Navarre, and she often came to visit and finally relocated to Navarre in 1965. Her brother Randy and his family moved to Gulf Breeze in 1966. Ever the naturalist, Meme took a keen interest in the local vegetation and was co-author of the book "Gulf Islands Wildflowers and Barrier Island Plants". She was also called upon by the U.S. National Park Service for her research in wildflowers in Florida and Mississippi. Meme worked with the Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy and was instrumental in working for the preservation of land on Pensacola and Navarre Beach for future generations. In 1995 she received a Sierra Club Panther award for her conservation work in N.W. Florida. Aunt Meme was preceded in death by her brother, Randolph C. Blyth and sister-in-law, Mary Jean Pelkey Blyth. Although she never married, she is survived by her niece Sally and Pat Sullivan of Pensacola, Florida, nephews Peter and Donna Blyth of Valrico, Florida, John and Katherine Blyth of Tallahassee, Florida, David and Melinda Blyth of Lafayette, Colorado, her cousin Peter and Rita Brown of Fountain Hills, Arizona. In 2006, Meme became a resident of Creekside Senior Living and the family would like to thank the staff for their devoted and loving care. A private burial will be held in Bement, Illinois at a later date.