Obituary of Dee C. Wade, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro-Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, July 24, 1941


Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.




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FORMER TEACHER AT JHS ENDS LIFE AT MANIFEST

The suicide death of Dee C. Wade, 35, principal of the Manifest High School
and former member of the Jena High School faculty, came as a distinct shock to
his many friends here.

Mr. Wade died on arrival at a Ferriday hospital Tuesday shortly before 10 p.m.
less than three hours after he shot himself at his home in Manifest with a .22
pistol. Alone in his room, the principal shot himself through the right
temple. Upon hearing the shot, Mrs. Wade and Mrs Annie Webb, with whom the
Wades were staying, ran into the room and found Mr. Wadde on the floor. He was
taken to Ferriday in a Jena Ambulance.

No reason was given for the shooting, and he apparently was in excellent
health. Dr. P.W. Calliham, parish coroner, who pronounced the death a suicide,
said. It was said that Mr. Wade left letters addressed to his wife and mother.

Funeral services were held at the Manifest Baptist Church on Wednesday, July
23 at 4 p.m., with Revs. Lee Brooks and Thompson Doughty of Rhinehart and
Manifest officiating. Interment took place at the Heard Cemetery near
Manifest, and funeral direction was in charge of Upshaw Funeral Home, Jena.

For a number of years Mr. Wade resided here and as school teacher and
prominent citizen, made many friends in the surrounding territory. He is a
member of the Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his widow, the former Julia Sheppard, of Jena and his mother,
Mrs. Mary Wade of Amite, La.

During the summer the deceased was employed by the AAA at Harrisonburg.

Pallbearers: J. Pipes, A.L. Brooks, Ronald Richardson, Bill Webb, Lister
Alexander, A.L. richardson and Ernest Lanier.