Alma Fluitt Wade

Alma Fluitt Wade, 95, died on Monday, May 4, 2015, at Canterbury House in Alexandria, Louisiana, after a long illness. Mrs. Wade was a longtime resident of St. Joseph, Louisiana, prior to her illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 8, 2015, at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph. Visitation will be in the church parish hall from 12:00 until time of service. Interment will be in Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi. The Reverend Canon Gregg Riley and the Very Reverend Mark Holland will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday. Mrs. Wade was born on January 24, 1920, in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. She was the second daughter born to Robert Wilson Fluitt and Emma Addine Hatten Fluitt. Mrs. Wade was raised in Haynesville, Louisiana, and attended Louisiana State Normal School (Northwestern State University) in Natchitoches where she was a member of Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, served as secretary of the Student Government Association, and graduated in three years with a degree in vocal music. She taught briefly in northeast Texas, followed by working in a Haynesville bank, and then moved to Baton Rouge where she worked in the LSU Law Library and met her future husband, Thomas M. Wade, III, in June 1946. They married six months later on December 8, 1946. Mrs. Wade always enjoyed singing and was often choir director for the churches where Fr. Wade served as rector. She loved gardening, bird watching, and a variety of activities involving nature and the outdoors. Her primary and favorite profession was being a loving wife to her husband and mother to their two children. Mrs. Wade was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, The Reverend Thomas M. Wade, III; her parents, Robert and Emma Fluitt; and her sister and brother-in-law, Roberta and Eugene White. She is survived by one son, Thomas F. Wade and wife Marsha, of Baton Rouge; one daughter, Roberta L. Wade, of Pineville; three granddaughters, Katherine B. Wade, of New Orleans; Leslie M. Smith and husband Wayne, of Baton Rouge; and Heather Mistric, of Baton Rouge; and a great-granddaughter, Sydney Smith, also of Baton Rouge. She is also survived by nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews and was a loving "Gammar" to numerous grand- and great-grand dogs and cats and other assorted animals! In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 256, St. Joseph, Louisiana 71366, or to the charity of your choice. e to Reply or Forward

Alma Fluitt Wade

January 24, 1920 - May 4, 2015