Edna Pate Edwards Knight

Goldsboro – Mrs. Edna Pate Edwards Knight, 85, died Monday at the Brian Center.

Mrs. Knight was born in Wayne County to the late Adli Pate and Edith Jones Pate. She was married to the late Lenwood D. Edwards, Sr., and John H. Knight. Mrs. Knight was a member of St. Joseph United Methodist Church.

Graveside services will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Pikeville Cemetery. Dr. Aubrey Jones will officiate.

Mrs. Knight is survived by her son, Lenwood D. Edwards, Jr., and his wife Sherry of Pikeville; her brothers, R.D. Pate of Pikeville and Lee Pate, Jr., and his wife, Shirley of Pikeville; her sister-in-law, Inez Pate of Pikeville; her brother-in-law, Ellis Outland of Pikeville; her grandchildren, Kathryn E. Cole and Jennifer E. Breeze and her husband, Gregory; and her great-grandson, Edward Breeze.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Outland, and her brother, Wilbert Lee Pate.

The family will receive friends Monday from 7-9 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home.