Bessie Lee Wade

Bessie Lee Wade, 90, of 2769 Wayside Drive East, passed away Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Owensboro.

Mrs. Wade was born March 29, 1914, to William Arnold Wade and Sallie Ann Taylor Wade in Owensboro. She was a member of Parrish Avenue Church of Christ and was retired from the Owensboro city school system as a cook from the Robert E. Lee school.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Denver C. Wade, in 1989; two sisters, Pearl Crabtree and Golda Kirkendoll; and two brothers, George Clifton Wade and Charlie Wade.

Survivors include three sons, Dan (Janet) Wade, Don (Dorothy) Wade and Bobby (Eva Joy) Wade, all of Rockport, Ind.; three daughters, Shirley (George) Woodason of Rosedale, Indiana, Peggy (Carl) Powers of Evansville, and Judy (Ernie) Casey of Lawrenceburg; 17 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.

Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26 at Glenn Funeral Home in Owensboro where hymns chosen by Mrs. Wade will be sung by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25 and from 9 a.m. until services Tuesday at the funeral home. Internment will be in Owensboro Memorial Gardens.

Serving as pallbearers will be Mrs. Wades grandsons: Jeff Casey of Schererville, Ind.; Mark Casey of Bowling Green; Carl Wade Powers of Evansville; David Wade of Newburge, Ind.; Richard Woodason, Robert Woodason and Tom Woodason, all of Terre Haute, Ind.; John Woodason of Springfield, Ohio; Keith Woodason of Dalton, Ga.; and Jeff Wade of Murfreesboro, Tenn.