Mr. Louis Matthews Padgett, age 83, a resident of Washington, died Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 at Emmanuel Free Will Baptist

Church, Highland Drive, Washington. Burial will follow at Pamlico Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory and other times at his home Paul Funeral Home & Crematory in Washington is serving the Padgett family.