Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1st at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Duane Falk officiating. Burial will follow in Knights of Honor Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Wade, the son of Muriel H. Wade and Annie Sue Clark Wade, was born July 12, 1936, in Commerce, TX.
He served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged on June 30, 1967, with the rank of SGT.
He worked at Dallas Power & Light a short period followed by twenty years at Master Tank & Welding. James then worked at Kimberly-Clark from 1983 – 2000.
He was a member of First Baptist Church in Blossom.
His parents, a sister, Betty Lamb, and a brother, Gene Wade preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine Richardson Wade, whom he married on Sept. 25, 1971, building forty-eight year of memories. One son, Joe Mears & wife Marie, one grandson, Travis Mears & wife Tonia, one great grandson, Connor Mears, two sisters, Bobbie Wyche and Ann Christie, a brother-in-law, Bobby Lamb, a sister-in-law, Jean Wade, a brother-in-law & sister-in-law, George & Pam Wood, along with numerous nieces & nephews and his dear friends on Crew 3 at Kimberly-Clark.