August 29, 2025, 88, Goldsboro — Former long-time North Carolina Senator Louis Milford Pate, Jr., age 88, passed away peacefully at home in Mount Olive, on, Friday,  August 29, 2025. He was preceded in death by a brother, George Pate of Hopewell, Virginia, and a sister, Linda Santmier of Richmond, Virginia. He is survived by…… read more »