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Durham Pait Obituary
Durham Pait, 80, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilton and Elma Pait; brothers: Homer, Donald and Terry Glenn Pait.
Durham leaves behind his wife, Rosella Dowless Pait; sons: Gregory Pait and wife Michelle, Roger Pait and wife Meredith; sisters: Patsy Pait Burr, Ethel Lee Pait Kinlaw, Sherry Pait Long; grandchildren: Matthew Gregory Pait, Ryan Wade Pait, Macy Nicole Pait, Garrett Thomas Pait, Andrew Carter Pait and Anthony Cason Davis-Pait.
A celebration of life service be held at 12:30pm on Sunday, November 10th at Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.
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