Glenda Wade

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Ms. Glenda Gail Murphy Wade, 67, of Steele, died Monday, November 23, 2015 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. Born November 20, 1948, in Manila, to the late David Murphy, Sr. and the late Pinkly Louise Page Murphy, she was a retired employee of the compress and of the Pentecostal faith.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her daughter Gail Looney, her son David Earnest Partain, two sisters Alice Methaney and Almer Sikes and two grandchildren Michael Partain and Nathaniel Wade.

Ms. Wade leaves one daughter, Melissa Ann Wade of Steele;

One son, Terry Partain of Steele;

Five sisters, Peggy Thomas of Steele, Marie Murphy of Blytheville, Ethel Warren of Sherman, Texas, Jane Cox of Manila and Mary Bachuss of Hornersville, Mo.;

One brother, David Murphy, Jr. of Steele;

Twelve grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 28 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville with Bro. Robert Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, November 27 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville.