Levy Clayton Pait

Levy Clayton Pait, 92, of Bladenboro, was called home to be with his Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Levy was born to Clayton and Louise Pait of Bladenboro on July 15, 1932. Levy was the oldest of seven siblings. He graduated from Bladenboro High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, where he was stationed in Morocco. He married Joyce Sylvia Herndon on September 11, 1955. He trained at the Chicago Technical Institute to become a General Contractor, which was his career for nearly 40 plus years.

Levy designed, drafted, and built hundreds of homes, churches and fellowship halls (including Oak Grove Freewill Baptist, Sandy Grove Baptist, Zion Hill Baptist, New Center Baptist, and Community Baptist Church), banks, etc. throughout Bladen County and the surrounding areas, including Fayetteville and Wilmington. He served on the Bladen Community College Board of Trustees, the United Carolina Bank, Bladen County Board of Elections, the Four-County Advancement Board, and the Bladen County Planning Board. Levy Pait started and ran Pait’s Real Estate and Pait’s Construction with brothers, Billy Ray and Windell Pait. He was also actively involved with the Republican Congressional Club. He was a Sunday School teacher, Song Leader, and deacon at Community Baptist Church. Levy enjoyed traveling and visited multiple countries and historical sites including, England, Ireland, Holland, France, Italy, and Israel. Levy was a passionate reader and researcher. He did many in-depth textual studies and owned many books on family history, Bladen County history, the KJV Bible issue, and Baptist history. His favorite Bible character was Daniel, which was Levy’s inspiration for standing for what was right even though no one else would.

Levy was admired and respected by state political leaders as well as Christian leaders in the surrounding community, country, and around the world. It was his lifelong desire to see that his family and everyone he met had accepted Christ as their Savior and “did what was right.” He lived the verse “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” -2 Tim 2:15. Levy lived a Christ-like example before others and was the embodiment of a hard-working, Southern gentleman. He blessed countless people with his generosity, kindness, fairness, and Biblical convictions. He dedicated his life to doing right by other people even if it cost him personally. Truly Christ has now told him “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Levy was preceded in death by his three brothers, James Pait, Windell Pait, and Billy Ray Pait, and by his sister, Jeanette Brooks. He is survived by his wife Sylvia; children, Clay Pait (Barbara) of Bladenboro, Donna Britt (John) of Bladenboro, Emily McQueen (Fred) of Laurinburg, Barry Pait (Jill), Scott Pait (Sonya) of Bladenboro; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He also leaves behind two sisters, Jane Grey Pait and Betty Sue Cummings.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10am at Community Baptist Church in Bladenboro immediately followed by a funeral service at 11:00 am. Services will conclude with a burial in the church cemetery. Pastor Daniel Jackson, Pastor Robert Ohlmann and son Barry Pait will be officiating the services.