Elwood Pate, age 83, of Lumberton, NC passed away on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Highsmith Rainey Memorial Hospital in Fayetteville. He was born in Robeson County, NC on November 21, 1929 to the late Robert Pate and the late Dora Davis Pate. He was a past Master of St. Alban's Masonic Lodge, #114 in Lumberton, member of the Scottish Rite, and a 32nd degree Mason. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired co-owner of Pate's Sheet Metal. Along with his parents he is preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. Mr. Pate is survived by his wife, Louise A. Pate of the home; a son, Mitchell Pate and wife Teresa of Lumberton; a daughter, Susan Pate Clewis and husband Robert of Lumberton; brothers, Rudolph Pate of Georgetown, SC and Eugene Pate of Lumberton; and two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.