Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wade, James K., 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES KENNETH WADE James Kenneth Wade, 83, a retired farmer of the Black Creek community, died at the residence on Tuesday night, September 2, after several months of ill health. The deceased was a son of the late James Robert and Elizabeth Fowler Wade of this county. Since childhood he had been a member of Black Creek Baptist Church, in which he served for many years as Sunday school teacher and superintendent. He was a member of Holly Camp, Woodmen of the World, Franklin. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R.L. Lewis of Zuni and Mrs. Lizzie Brown of Black Creek; two sons, Willie Wade of Walter and Leonard L. Wade of Carrsville; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; two half-brothers, Herman W. Wade of Berlin and Eddie Wade of Norfolk; and one half-sister, Mrs. Pattie Britt of Ivor. Final rites for Mr. Wade were conducted at Black Creek Baptist Church on Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson. Burial was in the church cemetery. James Kenneth WADE, retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Sep 1952, at home, Black Creek, age 83, interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 5 Sep 1952, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 12, 1952, p. 6 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-29): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w300j5ob.txt