Kirby Pait

Kirby Lee Pait, 70, of Clarkton, NC passed away on May 23, 2007 at Carol S. Roberson Hospice Center, Fayetteville, NC.



Kirby was born on April 25, 1937 in Bladenboro, NC and grew up in Bladenboro/Clarkton, NC. He was a 1955 graduate of Clarkton High School. He was an electrician, part-time farmer, and a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.



Kirby was preceded in death by an infant son; his parents, Eugene Wilson and Sarah Bradshaw Pait; his grandparents, David Timothy, Jr. and Cornelia Callahan Pait and George Lennon and Hattie Ward Bradshaw.



He is survived by his wife of 50 years. Betty Davis Pait; three sons, Tony, Timmy, and Mark Pate, of Clarkton, NC; one daughter, Linda Carol Pate of Clarkton, NC; four grandsons, Ashley Conner, Austin Pate, Adam Pate, Camden Clyde (C.C.) Pate; One granddaughter, Amanda Pate and one great-grandson, Kaleb Conner; three brothers, Bobby G. Pait and wife Joyce of Durham, NC, George D. Pait of Bladenboro, NC and Claybourn L. Pait, Sr. and wife Patricia of Pearl City, HI; one sister, Joyce Pait Ellis and husband Philip R. Ellis of Ooltewah, TN; and many nieces and nephews.



The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at Bladen Funeral Home on Friday, May 25, with the service immediately following.



In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Community Homecare and Hospice, P.O. Box 3108, Elizabethtown, NC 28337



Interment will be in Bullard Cemetery following the service.