Hugh Davis Pridgen, Jr., 73, of Lumberton, NC went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 3, 2016.  He spent his last days at Woodhaven Rehabilitation Center.  A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM at Montlawn Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.

Hugh Pridgen was born March 7, 1942 in Norlina, Warren County, NC to the late Hugh Davis Pridgen of Norlina and Louise Layton Pridgen of Franklinton.  He was a native of Raleigh, where he was raised in the Hayes Barton Community, and attended Needham Broughton High School.  He served in the United States Navy, was a former State Highway Patrol Trooper, and retired from the Department of Motor Vehicles.  He was a Past Master of the St. Albans Masonic Lodge in Lumberton where he resided since 1967.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Linda Murray Pridgen, also of Raleigh.

Surviving are his son, Glenn Davis Pridgen and his wife Sandra of Fairmont, NC, two grandchildren: Colton Barnhill and his wife Avonlea of Fork, SC, Lauren Matthews and her husband Scott and son Ace of Spivey Corner, NC, a great-grandson Easton Barnhill of Fork, SC, and a brother, William Earle Pridgen and wife Betty Ann of Raleigh.

The family will receive friends Tuesday night from 6:00-8:00 PM at Floyd's Mortuary & Crematory, Inc. in Lumberton, NC.