Johnny Elvis Wade, Sr.

Johnny Elvis Wade, Sr., 59, of Chalmers, died Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at Home Hospital, Lafayette.

He was born in Gary on November 20, 1946, to Willard D. and Thelma (Folkerson) Wade.

He was a US Army veteran, serving in Vietnam.

He married Anita Viney in Yeoman on August 27, 1988. She survives.

Other survivors include sons, Johnny Wade, Jr., Jason Wade and Justin (Beth) Wade, all of Lafayette, and Chuck Combs, Chalmers; daughters, Tracy (Chuck) Hall, Reynolds, Shantel Wade, Chalmers; brothers, Dick (Dodis) Wade, Kaufman, Texas, Danny (Judy) Wade, Louisville, Ky., Glen (Rose) Wade, Valparaiso,, and Marty Wade, Momence, Il [sic]; sisters, Beverly (Les) Reagan, Hobart, Shirley (Jim) Byrd, Nacogdoches, Texas and Grace (Jim) Blanton, Valparaiso.

A sister, Rhonda, brother Jerry Wade, and grandson, Gavin, are deceased.

Funeral services were at AMVETS Post in Monticello on Saturday. Miller-Roscka Funeral Home was in charge of the service.

Memorials may be made to the family.