Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....WADE, DOROTHY ELLERBE September 11, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com September 27, 2014, 4:41 am News Star World - September 17, 2014 DOROTHY ELLERBE WADE DOROTHY ELLERBE WADE, age 94 of Tampa, Florida died Thursday, September, 11, 2014. Born September 24, 1919 at Riverside Sanatorium, Monroe and raised in south Monroe the youngest of four children of William B. Ellerbe and Elsie L Ellerbe. She graduated with honors from Ouachita Parish High School and married Melvin Carlton Wade who predeceased her in 2005. They were both very active in Calvary Baptist Church. In 1960 they moved to Lakeshore Drive in Monroe and were active members of Lakeshore Baptist Church. In 1972, Dot graduated from Northeast Louisiana University and subsequently retired as an executive secretary of the Association of General Contractors of Monroe. In 2005 she sold her home in Lakeshore and moved to Tampa to be near her family. She is survived by her son, Rodney Carlton Wade and his wife Sally of Tampa; their children, daughter, Rachel Chamberlain, husband Dylan; son, Wakefield Carlton Wade II, wife Melissa; and granddaughter Lilly Chamberlain all of Tampa; niece, Wanda Allen husband, R.H. of Memphis, TN; nephews, Dr. John Brady, wife Denise and Donald Ellerbe, wife Claire of Bossier City, LA; and Ronald Ellerbe, wife Susie of Birmingham, Alabama and their families. Visitation will be Friday, September 19th 6:00 PM to 8:00PM funeral services will be Saturday, September 20th 10:00AM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Monroe. Rev. William Smith, Senior Pastor of Lakeshore Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Lakeshore Baptist Church, Monroe, Louisiana. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/w/wade3184nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb