Annie Mae Wade

Graveside services for Annie Mae Wade, 86, of Longview will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 13, 2012, at Sunset Memorial Park with Reverend Kenneth Bowden officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Wade passed away Monday, September 10, 2012 at Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center in Longview, Texas. Mrs. Wade was born January 12, 1926 in Upshur County, Texas, to Josh and Rebecca Davis Bowden. She married Arthur E. Wade on March 4, 1946. Mrs. Wade was a retired Key Punch Supervisor for American National Insurance in Galveston and a member of Moberly Baptist Church. She is survived by her brothers and sister-in-law, Charles Bowden of Longview and T.J. and Jeannine Bowden of Longview; sisters-in-law, Brenda Bowden of Gilmer, Johnnie Faye Bowden of Gilmer and Margaret Lively of La Marque; numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Wade is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arthur E. Wade in 2004; sister, Dessie Harper; brothers, Irvin Bowden, Virgle Bowden and Earnest Bowden. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer.