Mrs. Edith Pridgen Bledsoe Lovette, age 91, of Lumberton, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on December 27, 1927 to the late Gaston Layton Pridgen and the late Eva Sessoms Pridgen.

Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Judson Manly Bledsoe; her late husband, Dennis Lovette; one brother, Glenn Pridgen; one sister, Erma Hester; one son, Mack Bledsoe; and one grandson, Colin Bledsoe.

She is survived by three sons: Wayne Bledsoe (Kathy) of Wilmington, NC, Charles Bledsoe of Lumberton, NC, and Hugh Bledsoe (Debby) of Lumberton, NC; one daughter, June Carol Huling (Sid) of Georgia; a daughter-in-law, Dera Bledsoe of Lumberton, NC; 7 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; two brothers, G.L. Pridgen and Larry Pridgen, both of Lumberton, NC; and four sisters: Betty Rogers of Lumberton, NC, Carolyn McLean of Georgia, Lillian Pridgen of Lumberton, NC, and Judy Bullard of Winston-Salem, NC.

The family will receive friends prior to the service on Sunday, November 17, 2019, from 2:00-3:30 PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 E. 5 ^th Street in Lumberton, NC. Following the visitation, a funeral service will be held at 3:30 PM in the chapel with Pastor Steve Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lumberton, NC.